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Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis

200 – 219

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About Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis

Lived 200 – 219. Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis was a Roman politician.

Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis (died 219) was a Roman senator, who was active during the early third century AD.

He was governor of Noricum, where he is attested by an inscription dated to around 210/212. He was consul in the year 215 as the colleague of Quintus Maecius Laetus.

Where the family of Cerialis originated is a mystery; Paul Leunissen, in his prosopography of Roman consuls and other officials, includes him in a list of four consuls whose family origins are unknown, although in another passage Leunissen suggests that Cerialis is from the Italian Peninsula. Andreas Krieckhaus notes that his cognomen "Sulla" indicates Sulla Cerialis claimed descent from the Republican dictator Sulla, but offers no suggestion how he is related to him.

Concerning his cursus honorum, only one of his appointments is known: governor of the imperial province of Cappadocia, which he held under the emperor Macrinus from the year 217. Cassius Dio records that he was executed by Elagabalus in 219.

He may be the father of Marcus Munatius Sulla Urbanus, consul in 234.

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Important facts

Born
200
Birth century
Died
219, Cappadocia
Occupation
Nationality
Positions held
Ancient Roman senator, Roman consul

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Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis was born in 200.

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Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis died in 219 in Cappadocia.

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Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis was a politician.

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Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis was Roman.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis

· Wikidata: Q678644

· DBpedia: Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis

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