Camillus(80 words)
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Roman cognomen of presumably Etruscan origin (Schulze, 290, 322; ThlL, Onom. 120-122), in its meaning probably linked with camillus ‘noble-born, not yet mature youth’, then‘ assistant at sacrifices’ (Fest. 38; 82L; Varro, Ling. 7,34 et al.) In the Republican Age, C. is the family cognomen of the Furii; its most famous bearer was M. Furius C., conqueror of Veii in 396 BC and saviour of Rome after the Gallic invasion.
Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum)
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Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum),
“Camillus”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 29 June 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e225930>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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