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		2nd century Roman senator, general and proconsul

  
Inscription (CIL V, 4343)



Marcus Nonius Macrinus was a Roman senator and general during the reigns of the Emperors Antoninus Pius, Lucius Verus, and Marcus Aurelius. Macrinus was suffect consul in the nundinium of April-June 154 as the colleague of [Prifernius ?] Paetus.

According to his tomb's inscriptions, he was originally from Brescia. He was an advisor to Marcus Aurelius.[1]  Nonius Macrinus served as legate of Pannonia Inferior (c. 152-c. 154),[2] Pannonia Superior (c. 159-c. 162) and proconsul of the Roman province of Asia (170/171).[3]

In October 2008, Nonius Macrinus' tomb was discovered by archaeologists on the banks of the river Tiber, near the Via Flaminia north of Rome.[4]
[5]
In December 2012, in light of a lack of reconstruction funding, his tomb was reburied in order to preserve its fragile marble. [6]


In popular culture[edit]

Macrinus' life inspired Russell Crowe's character Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 feature film Gladiator.[7]
Marcus Nonius Macrinus and the fictitious Maximus Decimus Meridius are placed within the same time period. Further, both Marcus and the fictitious Maximus are liked and well known by Marcus Aurelius. However, Marcus Nonius Macrinus went on to enjoy a successful career and died a wealthy man. In contrast, the character Maximus Decimus Meridius loses his family and is sold into slavery.


References[edit]


	^ "'Gladiator' tomb is found in Rome". BBC News. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2008-10-17.

	^ Werner Eck, "Die Fasti consulares der Regungszeit des Antoninus Pius, eine Bestandsaufnahme seit Géza Alföldys Konsulat und Senatorenstand" in Studia epigraphica in memoriam Géza Alföldy, hg. W. Eck, B. Feher, and P. Kovács (Bonn, 2013), p. 77

	^ Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 236

	^ 
"Tomb of Real 'Gladiator' Found in Rome". Fox News. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2008-10-17.

	^ 
"Tomb of 'Gladiator' Roman general unearthed". CBC News. 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2008-10-19.

	^ 
"Tomb of Roman general who inspired Gladiator reburied". PreHist.org - Preserving History. 2012-12-06. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-12-06.

	^ 
Owen, Richard (2008-10-17). "Tomb of the real 'Gladiator' discovered in Italy". The Times. Retrieved 2008-10-17.




External links[edit]

	 Lost tomb of 'Gladiator' real life Roman inspiration found at Wikinews


	Political offices

	Preceded by
Lucius Verus, 
and Titus Sextius Lateranus
as consules ordinarii
	 Suffect consul of the Roman Empire
154
with Prifernius Paetus
	Succeeded by
Marcus Valerius Etruscus, 
and Lucius Aemilius Juncus
as consules suffecti










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		Categories: 	2nd-century Romans
	People from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
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	Ancient Roman generals
	Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome
	Roman governors of Pannonia Inferior
	Roman governors of Pannonia Superior
	Roman governors of Asia


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