Nummia gens

Little can be said about the praenomina of the early Nummii, for nearly all of the Nummii Albini, the only prominent family, bore the praenomen Marcus, and were distinguished from one another by their various other names. The only other praenomen occurring among the Nummii who appear in history is Titus, although in inscriptions we also find Lucius, Gaius, Publius, and Quintus. ==Branches and cognomina==

The main family of the Nummii bore the surname Albinus, "whitish", an old and honourable cognomen long associated with aristocratic Roman families. Members of this family bore additional surnames, such as Senecio ("old man"), Justus ("just, upright"), Dexter ("right, fortunate"), and Tuscus ("Etruscan"). Besides these, one of the early Nummii adds Gallus, a surname that can be translated as either "cockerel" or "Gaul", and perhaps Rusticus ("rural, rustic"). ==Members==

• Titus Rustius Nummius Gallus, consul suffectus in AD 34. • Marcus Nummius M. f. Umbrius Primus Senecio Albinus, consul in AD 206, had been one of the Salii Palatini. He married Vibia Salvia Varia, and was the father of Marcus Nummius Senecio Albinus, consul in AD 227, and Nummia Varia. Marcus Nummius Justus may have been another son. • Marcus Nummius M. f. M. n. Senecio Albinus, consul in AD 227, was the step-brother of Lucius Roscius Aelianus Paculus Salvius Julianus, consul in AD 223. Senecio was the father of Marcus Nummius Tuscus, consul in AD 258, and perhaps also of Marcus Nummius Albinus, consul in 263. • Marcus Nummius Justus, perhaps a son of the consul of 206. • Nummius (M. f. M. n.) Albinus, a senator, served as consul in an uncertain year, circa AD 240. He was praefectus urbi in 256, during the reign of Valerian, and again from 261 to 263. He was consul for the second time in 263. He is probably the same Albinus who died as an old man under Aurelian. • Marcus Nummius M. f. M. n. Tuscus, consul in AD 258, was probably the father of Nummius Tuscus, consul in 295. • Marcus Nummius Ceionius Annius Albinus, praetor urbanus in the late 3rd century. He was likely a son of Albinus, consul in 263. • Nummius (M. f. M. n.) Tuscus, consul in AD 295, and praefectus urbi from 302 to 303. • Nummius Tuscus, named in pottery fragments from Carthage, together with Nummius Albinus. Possibly identical with the consuls of 258 or 295. • Nummius M.f. Secundus, son of Albinus Triturrius. ==Notes==