Lucius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus (consul 472 BC)

Lucius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus was a Roman politician during the 5th century BC, and was consul in 472 BC.

Lucius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office 1 August 472 BC [1] – 31 July 471 BC Serving with Publius Furius Medullinus Fusus
Preceded by	Vopiscus Julius Iulus,Lucius Aemilius Mamercus
Succeeded by	Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus,Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis (consul 471 BC)
Personal details
Born	Unknown Ancient Rome
Died	Unknown Ancient Rome

He was a member of the Pinarii Mamercini, branch of the gens Pinaria.

Biography

Consulship

In 472 BC he was elected consul with Publius Furius Medullinus Fusus.[2] During their consulship, tribune of the plebs Volero Publilius proposed a law (Rogato Publilia) providing that plebeian tribunes should be elected by the Tribal Assembly, hoping to exclude patricians and their clients in the vote and deprive them of their influence under the resulting system.[a 1][a 2]

An inscription finds that during his consulship a Vestal named either Orbinia or Sunia was put to death for the crime of incestum (sexual misconduct). The Vestals were expected to remain virgins, and a woman tending the sacred hearth of Vesta after losing her virginity was considered sacrilege.[3][a 3]

According to Varro, the "Lex Pinaria Furia of the intercalary month" is ascribed to Furius and Pinarius.[a 4] It mentions the method of additional days permitted to the dispenser of days which could be added to the calendar based on the lunar cycle.[2][4]

References

Modern sources

1. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
2. Broughton 1951, p. 29
3. Broughton 1951, p. 30
4. King 2006, p. 27

Ancient sources

1. Livy, Roman History, II. 56
2. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, IX. 40-42
3. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, IX. 40.3-4
4. Macrobius, Saturnalia, I. 13.21

Bibliography

Ancient authors

• Dionysius of Halicarnassus in Romaike Archaiologia book 9
• Titus Livius in Roman History book 2.

Modern authors

• Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1951), The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Philological Monograph No. 15, New York: American Philological Association, ISBN 0-89130-811-3
• King, Richard Jackson (2006), Desiring Rome: Male Subjectivity and Reading Ovid's Fasti, Ohio State University Press, ISBN 0-8142-1020-1

Political offices
Preceded by Vopiscus Julius Iulus, and Lucius Aemilius Mamercus III	Consul of the Roman Republic 472 BC with Publius Furius Medullinus Fusus	Succeeded by Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus, and Appius Claudius Sabinus