Mamertinus
In ancient Rome, Mamertinus was a cognomen. Notable men named Mamertinus include:
- Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus, consul 182 AD
- Marcus Petronius Mamertinus, suffect consul 150 AD
- Claudius Mamertinus, consul 362 AD
- Mamertinus of Auxerre (d. ca. 462 AD), an abbot and saint
The carcer Mamertinus was a jail at the foot of the Capitol in Rome, supposed to have been built by Ancus Martius, fourth king of Rome,[1] but not called by this name until the Middle Ages.
References
- Livy 1.33.8; Susanna Morton Braund, Juvenal: Satires, Book 1 (Cambridge University Press, 1996, 2002), p. 227.
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