• Lucius Mummius, the father of the tribunes Lucius and Quintus. • Quintus Mummius L. f., tribune of the plebs, and a colleague of his brother Lucius in 187 BC. •
Lucius Mummius L. f. L. n. Achaicus, consul in 146 BC, was a
novus homo, but earned his surname by defeating the
Achaean League, and bringing all of Greece under Roman control. Despite his burning of
Corinth, Mummius gradually won the trust of the Greeks by establishing good government and embracing Hellenic culture. • Spurius Mummius L. f. L. n., the brother of Achaicus, to whom he was philosophically opposed. Spurius served as his brother's
legate at Corinth in 146 and 145 BC. He opposed the establishment of rhetorical academies at Rome, and wrote letters on ethics and satire. • Spurius Mummius S. n., was a friend of Cicero, to whom he would read his grandfather's letters. In 46 BC, Cicero wrote that Mummius had died not long before. • Mummius, a legate of
Marcus Licinius Crassus in 72 BC, during the
Servile War. He was defeated by
Spartacus. • Marcus Mummius, while praetor in 70 BC, presided over the trial of
Verres. • Mummius, a comic playwright, active after 90 BC, mentioned by
Charisius,
Priscian,
Macrobius, and
Aulus Gellius. •
Mummia Achaica, great-granddaughter of Lucius Mummius Achaicus, and mother of the emperor
Galba. • Mummius Lupercus, sent by the consul
Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus with two legions to fight
Gaius Julius Civilis, leader of the
Batavi, in AD 69. After being defeated, Mummius found his forces besieged; faced with starvation, his men eventually surrendered, and Mummius was slain by his captors. • Lucius Mummius Niger Quintus Valerius Vegetus, consul
suffectus in AD 112. •
Publius Mummius Sisenna, consul in AD 133. •
Publius Mummius Sisenna Rutilianus, consul
suffectus in AD 146. • Lucius Mummius Felix Cornelianus, consul in AD 237. • Mummius Bassus, consul in AD 258. ==See also==