Mamilia gens
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The gens Mamilia was a
Origin
The Mamilii traced their nomen and origin to the mythical Mamilia, the daughter of Telegonus, who was regarded as the legendary founder of Tusculum and the son of Ulysses and the goddess Circe. This origin was referred to on a coin of the gens, the obverse of which depicts the head of Mercury or Hermes, the ancestor of Ulysses, and the reverse Ulysses himself, clad in the humble disguise he assumed to avoid being recognized by the suitors of Penelope.[3][4]
Praenomina
The earliest of the Mamilii to occur in history bore the praenomen Octavius, which was rare at Rome. His descendants used the praenomina Lucius, Quintus, Gaius, and Marcus, all of which were very common names throughout Roman history.[5][6]
Branches and cognomina
The Mamilii were divided into three families, with the cognomina Limetanus, Turrinus, and Vitulus, of which the two latter were the most ancient and important. Limetanus is the only surname which occurs on coins.[7]
Vitulus was a surname in both the Mamilia and
The ancients, however, connected the surname Vitulus with the
Members
- This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
- Octavius Mamilius, a prince of Tusculum, and son-in-law of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. He was dictator of the Latin army at the Battle of Lake Regillus, in 498 BC, and was slain by Titus Herminius Aquilinus.
- Lucius Mamilius, perhaps the grandson of Octavius, was dictator of Tusculum in 460 BC, and sent an army to help recover the Capitol during the revolt of Appius Herdonius. The following year the Romans helped him recover the citadel of Tusculum from the Aequi. In recognition of his service, in 458 the senate granted him Roman citizenship.[11][12]
- Lucius Mamilius, triumvir monetalis, probably between 189 and 180 BC.
Mamilii Vituli
- Marcus Mamilius Vitulus, grandfather of the consuls of 265 and 262 BC.
- Quintus Mamilius M. f. Vitulus, father of the consul of 265 and 262 BC.
- Lucius Mamilius Q. f. M. n. Vitulus, consul in 265 BC, the year before the beginning of the First Punic War.[13]
- Quintus Mamilius Q. f. M. n. Vitulus, consul in 262 BC, during the First Punic War. With his colleague, Lucius Postumius Megellus, he took the city of Agrigentum.[14][15]
- Gaius Mamilius Vitulus, father of the praetor of 207 BC.
- plebeian elected curio maximus, in 209 BC, during the Second Punic War; he was praetor in 207, and received Sicily as his province. In 203 he was one of the ambassadors sent to Philip, King of Macedon. He died in the pestilence of 174 BC.[16][17]
Mamilii Turrini
- Quintus Mamilius Turrinus, grandfather of the consul of 239 BC.
- Quintus Mamilius Q. f. Turrinus, father of the consul of 239 BC.
- Gaius Mamilius Q. f. Q. n. Turrinus, consul in 239 BC.[18][19]
- Quintus Mamilius Turrinus, plebeian aedile in 207 and praetor in 206 BC; by lot he obtained the jurisdictio peregrina, but he was sent by the senate into Gaul.[20]
Mamilii Limetani
- Gaius Mamilius Limetanus, tribune of the plebs in 109 BC, carried a law inquiring into the cases of persons who had assisted Jugurtha in his opposition to the senate, and who had received bribes from him to neglect their duty to the state.[21][22]
- Gaius Mamilius C. f. Limetanus, triumvir monetalis in 82 BC.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ The scene here depicted is not described by Livy or the other ancient historians; Mamilius is known for leading the Latin forces at the Battle of Lake Regillus, alongside his father-in-law, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. Lars Porsena's invasion occurred about ten years earlier. However, since Porsena was supposed to have been acting on behalf of Tarquin, there is nothing unlikely about Mamilius participating in that earlier war. According to Macaulay, the figure whose head is visible between Mamilius' head and Porsena's arm could be Sextus Tarquinius, although he could also be the owner of the leg in the lower left corner.
References
- Ab Urbe Condita, i. 49, iii. 29.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
- Ab Urbe Condita, i. 49.
- ^ Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum Veterum, vol. v. pp. 242, 243.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
- Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
- ^ Barthold Georg Niebuhr, History of Rome, vol. i. p. 14.
- ^ Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum Veterum, vol. v. pp. 344.
- ^ D.P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin & English Dictionary (1963).
- Ab Urbe Condita, iii. 18, 29.
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Romaike Archaiologia, x. 16.
- ^ Joannes Zonaras, Epitome Historiarum, viii. 7.
- ^ Polybius, The Histories, i. 17-20.
- ^ Joannes Zonaras, Epitome Historiarum, viii. 10. Zonaras erroneously calls him Quintus Aemilius.
- Ab Urbe Condita, xxvii. 8, 35, 36, 38, xxx. 26, xli. 26.
- Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, s. v. Mamilius no. 5.
- ^ Fasti Capitolini.
- ^ Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, xvii. 21, 43. Gellius gives his name as Manilius.
- Ab Urbe Condita, xxvii. 36, xxviii. 10.
- ^ Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Jugurthine War, 40, 65.
- ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Brutus, 33, 34.
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