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Plebeischer Gentilname, bezeugt seit dem 2.Jh. v.Chr. (Schulze, 144; ThlL, Onom. 137f.). [English version] [1] C. Gallus, L. Volkstribun 56 v.Chr. Volkstribun 56 v.Chr., wollte erfolglos die Wiedereinsetzung des Ptolemaios Auletes in Ägypten durchführen lassen (MRR 2,209). 56 wurde er von Cicero verteidigt (fam. 7,1,4), war 51 in Athen häufig mit ihm zusammen und besuchte ihn 46 in Rom. Er starb 44. Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) [English version] [2] C. Gallus, L. Consul 37 v.Chr. Sohn von C. 1, Konsul 37 v.Chr. mit M. Vipsanius Agrippa (MRR 2,395; PIR 22 C 389). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (B…

Röm. Gentilname, vermutlich etr. Herkunft (griech. auch Καρείνας, Καρρείνας), seit dem 1.Jh. v.Chr. sicher belegt (ThlL, Onom. 2,209f.). …

Plebeischer Familienname, aus Durnius (Schulze, 160; ThlL Onom. s.v. D.). Strothmann, Meret (Bochum) [English version] [1] D., C. Freund des Annius Milo, 1. Jh. v. Chr. Freund ( amicissimus) des Annius [I 14] Milo, dem er während bzw. nach dem Prozeß wegen der Ermordung des Clodius [I 4] behilflich war. Cic. Att. 5,8,2f. Will, Wolfgang (Bonn) [English version] [2] D., L. Praetor in Apulien 181 v. Chr. 181 v.Chr. praetor in Apulien. Als sich Tarent und Brundisium über Seeräuberei beklagten, erhielt er die Praetur Istriens hinzu und damit augenscheinlich die Aufgab…

Initially cognomen in the gens  Livia (ThlL, Onom. 3,256-260). According to Suet. Tib. 3,2, an otherwise unknown Livius (in the 3rd cent. BC) assumed the epithet, after he had won a duel with the Celtic leader Drausus, and passed it on to his family. Through  Livia's first marriage, with Ti. Claudius [I 19] Nero, the cognomen passed into the Claudian branch of the domus Augusta through her son Nero Claudius [II 24] (D. Maior), brother of the second Princeps  Tiberius; D. appears in the name of the son of D. Maior,  Germanicus, of the latter's son D. [II 2], …

Nomen gentile of Etruscan origin; the family, which belonged to Rome's equestrian class, came from northern Picenum (Cic. Rab. perd. 22; Caes. B Civ. 1,15,2). [German version] [1] L., Q. Slain in the Curia c. 100 BC Uncle of L. [3], supported L. Ap(p)uleius [I 11] Saturninus in 100 BC and was slain at his side in the Curia on the Forum Romanum (Cic. Rab. perd. 14; 18; 20-22; Oros. 5,17,9). Frigo, Thomas (Bonn) [German version] [2] L. (Parthicus), Q. Commander in Asia Minor and Armenia c. 40 BC Son of L. [3]. At the end of 43 BC he undertook treaty negotiations at the behest of the murderers of Caesar with the Parthian king Orodes [2] II, at whose court L. also stayed after the disaster of Philippi (42; Vell. Pat. 2,78,1). Together with the Parthian prince Pacorus, L. ran a very successful campaign against the eastern armies of the Triumvirate. From 41 on he advanced via Syria, Cilicia and Caria to Phrygia, defeated…

Plebeian family name, perhaps connected with Etruscan furnial (Schulze 217, with epigraphical evidence). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) [German version] [1] F., C. People's tribune 50 BC, orator Like his son F. [2], a famous Roman orator ( Furnii ... clari oratores; Jer. Chron. ad annum 1980-81). People's tribune in 50 BC, legate in 44-43, praetor in 42 (?), envoy in 40 and 39, promagistrate in Asia in 36-35, c onsul designatus for 29 (MRR 2, 249, 331, 353, 359, 376, 389, 402, 408; 3, 97). At first, an admirer of the orator Cicero, he placed himself politically in …

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Plebeian gentile name (on form and distribution [1], ThLL 2, 291). The poet  Apuleius [III, of Madaura] I. Republican period [German version] [I 1] A. Real-estate dealer (1st cent. BC) Late Republican real-estate dealer ( praediator…

Latin gentile name of Italian origin. I. Republic [German version] [I 1] A. (1st half of 1st cent. BC) Made fun of by Catull (Carm. 84) due to affected pronunciation. Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) [German version] [I 2] A., C. Neighbour of Cicero Neighbour of Cicero at his Formianum (Cic. Att. 2.14.2; 15.3). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) [German version] [I 3] A., L. City praetor of Cales City praetor of Cales (ILLRP 560). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) …

Latin, in Rome a plebeian gentilicium, which also occurs in Etruscan and Oscan inscriptions [1]. The Etruscan king Anius, after whom the  Anio was supposedly named (Plut. Mor. 315E-F), is a scholarly invention. In Rome Annii were active from the 3rd cent. BC in public life, produced in the 2nd cent. from the family of the Lusci two consuls and were notorious in the 1st cent. because of T.  A. [14] Milo. In the imperial era the name is widespread, various families are present (e.g. cognomina: Bas…

Lat. Gentilname ital. Herkunft [1]. I. Republik [English version] …

Plebeischer Gentilname (zu Form und Verbreitung [1], ThLL 2, 291). Der Dichter s. Apuleius [III, von Madaura] I. Republikanische Zeit [English version] [I 1] A. Immobilienhändler (1. Jh. v. Chr.) spätrepublikanischer Immobilienhändler ( praediat…

Gentilname etr. Herkunft; die Familie, Roms Ritterstand zugehörig, stammte aus dem nördlichen Picenum (Cic. Rab. perd. 22; Caes. civ. 1,15,2). [English version] [1] L., Q. Um 100 v. Chr. in der Curia getötet Onkel des L. [3], unterstützte 100 v.Chr. L. Appuleius [I 11] Sa…

Cognomen zunächst in der gens Livia (ThlL, Onom. 3,256-260). Nach Suet. Tib. 3,2 nahm ein nicht näher bekannter Livius (im 3. Jh.v.Chr.) nach seinem Sieg im Zweikampf über den Keltenführer Drausus den Beinamen an und vererbte ihn. Durch die erste Ehe der Livia mit Ti. Claudius [I 19] Nero gelangte das Cognomen über ihren Sohn Nero Claudius [II 24] D. (D. Maior), den Bruder des zweiten Princeps Tiberius, in den claudischen Zweig der domus Augusta: D. erscheint im Namen des Sohnes des D. Maior, Germanicus, bei dessen Sohn D. [II 2], beim Sohn des Tiberius (D. Minor [II …

Plebeischer Gentilname, bezeugt seit dem 2.Jh. v.Chr., in der älteren Form Atius, in den Hss. häufig mit Accius verwechselt (zu Herkunft und Verbreitung Schulze 68; 423; 551; ThlL 2,1169-71). Prominenz erlangte die gens erst mit Atia, der Mutter des Kaisers Augustus. Frühkaiserzeitliche Pseudogenealogie erfand deshalb einen Ahnherrn Atys (Verg. Aen. 5,568 Atys, genus unde Atii duxere Latini). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) I. Republikanische Zeit [English version] [I 1] A. Balbus, M. Großvater des Augustus Schwager Caesars (Iulia) und Großvater des Augustus (Atia [1])…

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Italic proper name [1. 347, 426], traceable in the public life of Rome since the 1st cent. BC, not very common. [German version] [1] A. Legate of M. Antonius in Gaul, 41/40 BC Legate (?) of M.  Antonius in Gallia in 41/40 BC (MRR 3,26). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) [German version] [2] A., M. Centurio during the storming of Athens in 86 BC centurio, distinguished himself during the storming of Athens in 86 BC (Plut. Sull. 14,3). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) Bibliography 1 Schulze. [German version] [3] A. Capito, C. Tribunus plebis 55 BC Fought as tribunus plebi…

[German version] [1] See > Olympionikai see  Olympionikai Günther, Linda-Marie (Munich) [German version] [2] Commander of  Philippus V in the second Macedonian War Commander of  Philippus V in the second Macedonian War, held Corinth despite being defeated in Nemea by the Achaeans under  Nicostratus (Liv. 33,14,1; 15). Günther, Linda-Marie (Munich) [German version] [3] General of the Thessalian League (middle of the 1st cent. BC) General of the Thessalian League ( praetor Thessaliae); after Caesar's defeat at Dyrrhachium, he joined  Pompeius and attempted to defend the city of Gomphi against  Caesar, who was advancing towards Thessaly. Gomphi fell on the 26/7/48, a few days before the battle of Pharsalus (Caes. B Civ. 3,80). Will, Wolfgang (Bonn) [German version] [4] From Thasus. Trierarch and explorer under Alexander the Great Trierarch from Thasus. At the order of Alexander [4] the Grea…

Name of a Roman plebeian family. Bearers of the name, recorded from the 3rd cent. BC, not of urban Roman origin, emerged as business people from the 2nd cent. (ILLRP 723b; 747; 1025) and received Roman citizenship perhaps only after the Social War [3]. Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) …

Roman family name of Etruscan origin ( Ceicna, Schulze, 75, 285, 567; ThlL, Onom. 15f.), whose bearers belonged to the city aristocracy of Volaterrae (cf. Cic. Fam. 6,6,9), where the family is attested in several branches and partly through richly adorned graves. (CIE 18-24; 36-42 et al.). The lineage appeared in Rome from the 1st cent. BC, but never lost its links with its homeland (cognomen Tuscus in C. [II 9]); villa of the Roman city prefect of AD 414, Caecina Decius Atinatius Alb…