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Claudius
(10,704 words)
Name of a Roman lineage (Sabine
Clausus, with the vernacular variant of
Clodius , esp. in the 1st cent. BC). The Claudii supposedly immigrated to Rome from the Sabine city of Regillum at the beginning of the republic in 504 BC under their ancestor Att(i)us Clausus ( Appius) and were immediately accepted into the circle of patrician families (Liv. 2,16,4-6), which explains why the early members received the invented epithets of
Inregillensis C. [I 5-6] and
Sabinus C. [I 31-32], [1. 155f.]. The praenomen
Appius came to signify the family. Named after them was the Tribus Claudi…
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Caecilius
(6,633 words)
Name of a plebeian
gens (probably derived from
Caeculus, older form is
Caicilios, Greek Καικίλιος, Κεκίλιος [
Kaikílios,
Kekílios]; ThlL, Onom. 12-14), whose existence is documented since the 5th cent. (since C. [I 1]), but who only gained importance in the 2nd cent.; their most famous branch were the C. Metelli (I 10-32). A later explanation related the name back to Caeculus, the legendary founder of Praeneste, or Caecas, a companion of Aeneas (Fest. p. 38). I. Republican period [German version] [I 1] C., Q. Supposedly people's tribune in 439 BC Supposedly people's tribune in 439 BC …
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Iunius
(8,102 words)
Roman surname, derived from the name of the goddess Iuno [1. 470; 2. 731]. The
gens was plebeian; the idea that this family originated from the patrician founder of the Republic L. I. [I 4] Brutus (Cic. Att. 13,40,1), which was particularly propagated by the murderers of Caesar, M. and D. I. Brutus [I 10 and 12], was already a matter of controversy in ancient times (Plut. Brutus 1,6-8). T. Pomponius Atticus (Nep. Att. 18,3) composed a family history at the request of M. Brutus. This gens became politically im…
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Licinius
(11,186 words)
Name of probably the most important Roman plebeian family. The similarity to the Etruscan name
lecne and the links between the
gens and Etruria in historical times (L. [I 7]) suggest an origin in that region [1. 108, n. 3]; the name may, however, also be of Latin origin ( Licinus). The spelling with a double ‘n’ occurs not only in the Greek form Λικίννιος (
Likínnios), but also in Latin inscriptions [1. 108, n. 1]. In the annalistic historical records dealing with the early Republic, members of the family appear among the earliest people's tribunes, reaching their polit…
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Iulius
(18,763 words)
Name of an old patrician family, probably connected with the name of the god Jupiter [1. 281; 2. 729]. The
gens was one of the so-called ‘Trojan families’, who were said to have moved from Alba Longa to Rome under king Tullus Hostilius [I 4] (see below). The Iulii were prominent in the 5th and 4th cents. BC. Their connection to the family branch of the Caesares, which rose to prominence from the 3rd cent. and whose outstanding member was the dictator Caesar (with family tree), is unclear. Caesar's adoptive son,…
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Demetrius
(7,578 words)
(Δημήτριος;
Dēmḗtrios). Well-known personalities: the Macedonian King D. [2] Poliorketes; the politician and writer D. [4] of Phalerum; the Jewish-Hellenistic chronographer D. [29]. I. Politically active personalities [German version] [1] Officer under Alexander the Great Officer under Alexander [4], fought at Gaugamela as commander of a troop (
ile) of Hetairoi and in India he commanded a hipparchy. Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) Bibliography Berve 2, no. 256. [German version] [2] D. Poliorketes Son of Antigonus [1], born 337/6 BC (Diod. Sic. 19,96,1). In 320 he m…
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