Titus Numicius Priscus

Titus Numicius Priscus was a Roman politician active in the fifth century BC and was consul in 469 BC.

Titus Numicius Priscus
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office
1 August 469 BC [1] – 31 July 468 BC
Preceded byTiberius Aemilius Mamercinus, Lucius Valerius Potitus (consul in 483 and 470 BC)
Succeeded byTitus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus, Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus (consul 468 BC)
Personal details
BornUnknown
Ancient Rome
DiedUnknown
Ancient Rome

Family
Main article: Numicia gens

The Numicii were a plebeian family in Rome. He was the only member of the family to achieve the consulship. Diodorus Siculus gave him the name "Minucius" in the place of "Numicius".[2]

Biography

In 469 BC, he was elected consul with Aulus Verginius Caeliomontanus as his colleague. Numicius was given responsibility for leading an army against the Volsci, after they had invaded Roman territory and began burning Roman country estates. The Volscian forces left the Roman territory, but Numicius pursued them, defeated the Volscian army in an initial engagement, then when the Volscian forces took shelter in Antium, Numicius captured the neighbouring port town of Ceno. He made inventory of their livestock, slaves, and other goods like plunder. Priscus then regrouped with Tricostus to plunder the Sabine country in reprisal for a raid by the Sabines in Roman territory.[2][3][4]

Notes
  1. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
  2. Broughton 1951, p. 31
  3. Livy II, 63
  4. Dionysius of Halicarnassus IX, 56

Bibliography

Primary sources

Secondary sources
  • Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1951), The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Philological Monograph No. 15, New York: American Philological Association, ISBN 0-89130-811-3
Political offices
Preceded by
Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus
Lucius Valerius Potitus Publicola		 Consul of the Roman Republic
with Aulus Verginius Caeliomontanus
469 BC		 Succeeded by
Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus II
Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus
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