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Publius Mummius Sisenna Rutilianus


Publicus Mummius Sisenna Rutilianus was a Roman senator of the second century AD. He is best known from Lucian's vivid portrayal of him in Alexander vel Pseudomantis, where the senator is described as a man of good family and tested in many Roman offices, but utterly sick as far as the gods were concerned," as only the most distinguished victim of the bogus oracle established by the story's namesake in Paphlagonia. Rutilianus was appointed suffect consul with Titus Prifernius Paetus Rosianus Nonius Agricola Gaius Labeo Tetius Geminus as his colleague in AD 146.

Anthony Birley states he was "probably" the son of Publius Mummius Sisenna, consul ordinarius of 133. According to two surviving inscriptions, Rutilianus started his senatorial career as a decemviri stlitibus iudicandis, one of the vigintiviri, a minor collegia young senators serve in at the start of their careers. Next he was a military tribune in Legio V Macedonica, then stationed in Moesia Inferior. After the usual series of Republican magistries -- quaestor, plebeian tribune, praetor, he likely served as legatus legionis for Legio VI Victrix stationed in Roman Britain, under his father who was governor of the province c.133-138. "Such close links between governors and legionary legates were abnormal," notes Birley, "but they could be interpreted as as a sign of favor from Hadrian. His next post was prefect of the aerarium Saturni early in the reign of Antonius Pius, then after his consulship he was prefectus alimentus per Aemilian. Otherwise, except for a term as governor of Moesia inferior at some time before 156, his only consular office was as proconsul of Asia.


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