See also:

• LUCIUS

LUCIUS See also:

• LUCIUS MUMMIUS (2nd century B.c.)

MUMMIUS (2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.c.)  , surnamed Achatcus, See also:

• ROMAN

Roman statesman and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

Consul in 146 B.c . See also:

• MUMMIUS, LUCIUS (2nd century B.c.)

Mummius was appointed to take command of the Achaean See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and having obtained an easy victory over the incapable Diaeus, entered See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth unopposed . All the men, See also:

• WOMEN

women, and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children were put to the See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword, the statues, paintings and See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art were seized and shipped to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and then the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was reduced to ashes . The apparently needless See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty of Mummius in Corinth, by no means characteristic of him, is explained by See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen as due to the instructions of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate, prompted by the See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile party, which was eager to get rid of a dangerous commercial See also:

• RIVAL

rival . According to See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius, his inability to resist the pressure of those around him was responsible for it . In the subsequent See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of affairs, Mummius exhibited considerable administrative See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers and a high degree of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice and integrity, which gained him the respect of the inhabitants . He specially abstained from offending their religious susceptibilities . On his return to Rome he was honoured with a See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph . In 142 he was See also:

• CENSOR (from Lat. censere, assess, estimate; in Gr. rt s ris)

censor with the younger Scipio See also:

• AFRICANUS, SEXTUS JULIUS

Africanus, whose severity frequently brought him into collision with his more lenient colleague . Mummius was the first novus homo of plebeian origin who received a distinctive cognomen for military services . His indifference to works of art and See also:

• IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance of their value is shown by his well-known remark to those who contracted for the shipment of the treasures of Corinth to Rome, that "if they lost or damaged them, they would have to replace them." For the theatrical pageants exhibited by him he erected a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre with improved acoustical conditions and seats after the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model, thus marking a distinct advance in the construction of places of entertainment .

His See also:

• BROTHER

brother, SPURNS MUMMIUS, a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of greater refinement and intellectual powers, accompanied See also:

• LUCIUS

Lucius as his See also:

• LEGATE (Lat. legatus, past part. of legare, to send as deputy)
• LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW (c. 1575-1612)

legate to See also:

• ACHAEA

Achaea, whence he sent letters to his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends at Rome, describing his experiences in humorous See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse . These letters, which were still popular a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years later, were the first example of a distinct class of Roman See also:

• POETRY

poetry—the poetic See also:

• EPISTLE

epistle . Both he and his brother are alluded to by See also:

• CICERO

Cicero as mediocre orators, whose See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style was See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and old-fashioned, although Lucius, as a Stoic, was more concise .