Marcus Postumius Festus

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A military diploma from AD 160 ( AE 2011, 1810 )

Marcus Postumius Festus was a Roman politician living in the 2nd century AD .

By military diplomas that are dated March 7, 160, is evidence that Festus 160 together with Aulus Platorius Nepos Calpurnianus Suffektkonsul was; the two consuls took office on March 1st of that year. His name is also partially preserved in the Fasti Ostienses .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ military diplomas of the year 160 ( AE 2005, 1730 , AE 2011, 1810 , RMD 3, 173 , RMM 00041 , ZPE 211-221 ).
  2. ↑ Werner Eck : The Fasti consulares of the reign of Antoninus Pius. An inventory since Géza Alföldy's consulate and senatorial status In: Studia Epigraphica in memoriam Géza Alföldy, Bonn 2013, ISBN 978-3-7749-3866-3 , pp. 69–90, here p. 80 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Fasti Ostienses ( CIL 14, 244 )
personal data
SURNAME Postumius Festus, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman suffect consul (160)
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century or 3rd century