Titus Numicius Priscus was a Roman politician active in the fifth century BC and was
consul
Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throu ...
in 469 BC.
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".
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
Antium was an ancient coastal town in Latium, south of Rome. An oppidum was founded by people of Latial culture (11th century BC or the beginning of the 1st millennium BC), then it was the main stronghold of the Volsci people until it was conqu ...
, 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.
[Dionysius of Halicarnassus IX, 56]
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, ''Roman Antiquities'', Book IX
Livy, ''The History of Rome'', Book II
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Secondary sources
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5th-century BC Roman consuls