sentences:  As Praesens was the first of his family to hold the consulship, he was considered a "novus homo".The element "Lucius Fulvius Rusticus" in his polyonymous name is commonly agreed to be his maternal grandfather's name, thus connecting Praesens to the Fulvii Rustici (see gens Fulvius), a senatorial family from Cisalpine Gaul.From an inscription recovered in Mactaris (modern Siliana in Tunisia), his career in imperial service can be reconstructed.