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Marcus Nonius Macrinus

2nd century Roman senator, general and proconsul

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 (Brixia). He was an advisor to Marcus Aurelius.{{cite news

Family

His wife may have been named Arria (as well as having a second nomen which may have been Flavia) based on inscriptions.

Tomb

In October 2008, Nonius Macrinus' tomb was discovered by archaeologists on the banks of the river Tiber, near the Via Flaminia north of Rome.{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081019211628/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,438801,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 19, 2008 | access-date = 2008-10-19}} In December 2012, in light of a lack of reconstruction funding, his tomb was reburied in order to preserve its fragile marble.{{cite news |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927115329/http://prehist.org/news/165/Tomb+of+Roman+general+who+inspired+Gladiator+reburied |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2013-09-27

In popular culture

Macrinus' life inspired Russell Crowe's character Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 feature film Gladiator.{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110918112028/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4953947.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 18, 2011 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

Werner Eck, "Die Fasti consulares der Regierungszeit 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
Borg, Barbara. (2019). "Roman Tombs and the Art of Commemoration: Contextual Approaches to Funerary Customs in the Second Century CE". Cambridge University Press.

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