Marcus Peducaeus Priscinus was a
Roman
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senator of the second century. He was
ordinary consul in the year 110 with
Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus as his colleague. Priscinus is primarily known from inscriptions.
Priscinus came from a
Republican
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family, the gens
Peducaei. He was the son of
Quintus Peducaeus Priscinus, ordinary consul in 93; his son was
Marcus Peducaeus Stloga Priscinus, consul in 141. The senatorial career of the consul of 110 is not known, except that the
sortition
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awarded Priscinus the
proconsul
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In the Roman Republic, military command, or ...
ar governorship of
Asia
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for 124/125.
[Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand'', p. 120 n. 55]
References
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2nd-century Romans
Imperial Roman consuls
Roman governors of Asia
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