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Mummius, Lucius

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Mummius, Lucius (lived 2nd century BC)

Roman general. As consul in 146 BC he ended the war with the Achaean League by the capture and destruction of Corinth (for which he received the cognomen Achaicus). He was responsible for shipping many Corinthian art treasures to Italy. As censor 142 BC, he tempered the harshness of his colleague Scipio Africanum Minor.



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