Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus

Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus (died between 190-192 AD) was a Roman consul who lived in the 2nd century and was one of the sons-in-law of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Mamertinus came from a wealthy, well-connected family of African origin--possibly from Egypt. His father, Marcus Petronius Mamertinus, was suffect consul in 150 and his mother's name is unknown. He had a brother, Marcus Petronius Sura Septimianus, who served as consul in 190, and a sister whose husband was the illustrious senator Marcus Antoninus Antius Lupus. Mamertinus was a kinsman of the grammarian Marcus Cornelius Fronto.

During the reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-180) and Faustina the Younger (161-175), Mamertinus married their daughter Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor in Rome.

Sometime after 173, Cornificia Faustina bore Mamertinus a son, Petronius Antoninus.

Mamertinus and his family could have been at the winter camp of Marcus Aurelius in early 180. When Marcus Aurelius died later that year, Mamertinus' brother-in-law Commodus succeeded him as Emperor. In 182, Mamertinus served as consul. Sometime between 190-192, Commodus ordered the deaths of Mamertinus, his son, his brother and his sister’s family. Cornificia Faustina survived the political persecutions of her brother and later remarried.

Nerva–Antonine family tree

Sources

The Fall of the Roman Empire: Film and History By Martin M. Winkler 2009
A commentary on the Letters of M. Cornelius Fronto, By Michael Petrus Josephus van den Hout, Marcus Cornelius Fronto 1999
From Tiberius to the Antonines: a history of the Roman Empire AD 14-192, by Albino Garzetti, 1974
http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/faustina/faustina_ii.html

Political offices
Preceded by Commodus III, and Lucius Antistius Burrus	Consul of the Roman Empire 182 with Quintus Tineius Rufus	Succeeded by Commodus IV, and Gaius Aufidius Victorinus

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[1] Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p. 7.

[giac8-2] Giacosa (1977), p. 8.

[lev161-3] 1 2 Levick (2014), p. 161.

[4] Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161.

[giac7-5] 1 2 Giacosa (1977), p. 7.

[DIR_hadrian-6] 1 2 3 DIR contributor (Herbert W. Benario, 2000), "Hadrian".

[giac9-7] 1 2 Giacosa (1977), p. 9.

[8] Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161.

[Smith_Servianus-9] Smith (1870), "Julius Servianus".

[10] Suetonius a possible lover of Sabina: One interpretation of HA Hadrianus 11:3

[Smith_1870a_p._319-11] Smith (1870), "Hadrian", pp. 319–322.

[12] Lover of Hadrian: Lambert (1984), p. 99 and passim; deification: Lamber (1984), pp. 2–5, etc.

[13] Julia Balbilla a possible lover of Sabina: A. R. Birley (1997), Hadrian, the Restless Emperor, p. 251, cited in Levick (2014), p. 30, who is sceptical of this suggestion.

[14] Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163.

[lev163-15] 1 2 3 4 Levick (2014), p. 163.

[lev162-16] 1 2 3 4 Levick (2014), p. 162.

[lev164-17] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Levick (2014), p. 164.

[18] Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10.

[19] Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163.

[giac10-20] 1 2 3 4 5 Giacosa (1977), p. 10.

[21] The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.

[22] Husband of Ceionia Fabia: Levick (2014), p. 164.

[lev117-23] 1 2 3 Levick (2014), p. 117.