Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis (died 219) was a Roman senator, who was active during the early third century AD.
He was governor of Noricum,[1] where he is attested by an inscription dated to around 210/212. He was consul in the year 215 as the colleague of Quintus Maecius Laetus.[2]
Where the family of Cerialis originated is a mystery; Paul Leunissen, in his prosopography of Roman consuls and other officials, includes him in a list of four consuls whose family origins are unknown,[3] although in another passage Leunissen suggests that Cerialis is from the Italian Peninsula.[4] Andreas Krieckhaus notes that his cognomen "Sulla" indicates Sulla Cerialis claimed descent from the Republican dictator Sulla, but offers no suggestion how he is related to him.[5]
Concerning his cursus honorum, only one of his appointments is known: governor of the imperial province of Cappadocia, which he held under the emperor Macrinus from the year 217.[6] Cassius Dio records that he was executed by Elagabalus in 219.[7]
He may be the father of Marcus Munatius Sulla Urbanus, consul in 234.[5]