Marcus Petronius Surah Mamertinus

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Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus († 190/192) was a Roman politician, senator and son-in-law of the emperor Marcus Aurelius .

Mamertinus was perhaps of Italian, possibly African origin. His father, Marcus Petronius Mamertinus, was consul in 150 . In 182 Mamertinus became an ordinary consul. He was married to Cornificia , a daughter of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Between 190 and 192 he was executed on the orders of Commodus together with his son Petronius Antoninus and his brother Marcus Petronius Sura Septimianus .

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