Marcus Tullius Decula was a
consul
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of the
Roman Republic
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in 81 BC alongside
Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella
Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella was a consul of the Roman Republic in 81 BC, with Marcus Tullius Decula, during the dictatorship of Sulla.
Biography
Possibly a military tribune in 89 BC, Dolabella soon was attached to the staff of Sulla as a legate, h ...
, during the dictatorship of
Sulla; but the consuls of that year were only nominal, as Sulla had all the power in his hands. (
Cic. ''de Leg. Ayr.'' ii. 14 ;
Gellius
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, xv. 28 ;
Appian
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, ''B. C.'' i. 100.)
His father was perhaps Marcus Tullius, ''
triumvir monetalis
The ''triumvir monetalis'' ( ''tresviri'' or ''triumviri monetales'', also called the , abbreviated IIIVIR A. A. A. F. F.) was a moneyer during the Roman Republic and the Empire, who oversaw the minting of coins. In that role, he would be respons ...
'' in 120 BC.
[Crawford, ''Roman Republican Coinage'', p. 297.]
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Michael Crawford
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Crawford is best known for playing both the hapless Frank Spencer in the sitcom '' Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' a ...
, ''Roman Republican Coinage'', Cambridge University Press, 1974.
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Decula, Marcus
Senators of the Roman Republic
1st-century BC Romans