Tullius Menophilus

Tullius Menophilus was a Roman senator of the 3rd century AD. In 238 he held the consulate and was a member of the body of the Vigintiviri .

Nothing is known about Menophilus cursus honorum until 238. At the beginning of 238 he was a suffect consul and was later elected to the body of the Vigintiviri, an important Senate commission that advised the emperors Gordian I and Gordian II and organized the defense of Italy against Maximinus Thrax . Then he took over the administration of the Roman province of Moesia inferior and fought off 239 invading peoples from the Barbaricum .

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CIL 3, 14430
CIL 3, 7606a

literature

Karlheinz Dietz : Senatus contra principem. Investigations into the senatorial opposition to Emperor Maximinus Thrax. Beck, Munich 1980.

Individual evidence

^ Karlheinz Dietz: Senatus contra principem. Studies on the senatorial opposition to Emperor Maximinus Thrax, Munich 1980, pp. 233–244.
↑ Boris Gerov: The incursions of the northern peoples into the Eastern Balkans in the light of the coin treasure finds. In: Rise and Fall of the Roman World. de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1977. ISBN 3-11-006735-8 . Pp. 110-181; here: pp. 126–127.

personal data
SURNAME	Menophilus, Tullius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	roman senator
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century or 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century

[1] Karlheinz Dietz: Senatus contra principem. Studies on the senatorial opposition to Emperor Maximinus Thrax, Munich 1980, pp. 233–244.

[Gerov_1977_126–127-2] Boris Gerov: The incursions of the northern peoples into the Eastern Balkans in the light of the coin treasure finds. In: Rise and Fall of the Roman World. de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1977. ISBN 3-11-006735-8 . Pp. 110-181; here: pp. 126–127.