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 Serving with Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus (consul 469 BC)
Preceded by	Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus, Lucius Valerius Potitus (consul in 483 and 470 BC)
Succeeded by	Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus, Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus (consul 468 BC)
Personal details
Born	Unknown Ancient Rome
Died	Unknown Ancient Rome

Family

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

• Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, Book IX
• Livy, The History of Rome, Book II

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