Decimus Junius Novius Priscus

Decimus Junius Novius Priscus was a Roman senator, who flourished under the reign of the Flavian dynasty.

He was a consul in the year 78 with Lucius Ceionius Commodus as his colleague.

[1] According to Olli Salomies in his monograph on Roman naming practices, the form of his name as presented in the first paragraph is not attested in any of the primary sources, but is given "in all standard works"; the most common form is (D.) Novius Priscus.

To this Salomies adds, "on the other hand, Novius and Priscus clearly belong together.

The only other office the younger Novius Priscus is known to have held was governor of Germania Inferior; his tenure has been dated by Werner Eck from the year 78 to 82.