Nicomachus was the father of a Roman philosopher.
, "Nicomachus", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St AndrewsNicomachus' Nicomachi Geraseni Pythagorei introductionis arithmeticae libri II recesuit Ricardus Hoche, Lipsiae in aedibus B
 His Manual of Harmonics was addressed to a lady of noble birth, at whose request Nicomachus wrote the book, which suggests that he was a respected scholar of some status

