Turcia gens

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The gens Turcia was an obscure

plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens appear in history, but a number are known from inscriptions, which indicate that the Turcii first came to prominence in the time of Augustus. After a period of relative unimportance, they repeatedly attained the highest offices of the Roman state from the third to the fifth century, holding several consulships
.

Praenomina

The main

praenomina of the Turcii were Lucius, Gaius, and Publius, each of which was common throughout Roman history. One of the earliest known members of this gens bore the more distinctive praenomen Numerius, which was relatively uncommon at Rome, although more widespread in the countryside, and in Oscan-speaking
regions of Italy.

Branches and cognomina

The only distinct family of the Turcii bore the cognomen Apronianus, indicating descent from the Apronia gens. The Turcii Aproniani were already of senatorial rank by the third century,[1] and repeatedly held high office through and beyond the end of the Western Empire.[2][3][4]

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

Undated Turcii

Notes

  1. ^ This reading is uncertain, as no other definite examples of "Tussus" or "Tussius" are known. Authors of Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire and Christian Settipani prefer to read his name as Tussidius.[11][12]
  2. ^ "Dafnus" in the original inscription.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b CIL IX, 7140.
  2. ^ a b CIL IX, 2801, CIL IX, 6078,165a, CIL IX, 6078,165b.
  3. ^ a b c d CIL VI, 1768, CIL VI, 1769.
  4. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 389 ("Turcius Rufus Apronianus Asterius").
  5. ^ a b CIL IX, 5844.
  6. ^ CIL X, 2945.
  7. ^ CIL VI, 975.
  8. ^ Solin, Epigraphische Untersuchungen, 44.
  9. ^ Solin, "Casinum Romana", 16.
  10. ^ PIR, vol. III, p. 343 (T, No. 286).
  11. ^ PLRE, vol. I, p. 927.
  12. ^ Settipani, pp. 160-161.
  13. ^ CIL X, 3862.
  14. ^ PIR, vol. III, p. 343 (T, No. 287).
  15. ^ Settipani, pp. 160-161.
  16. ^ Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae, ix. 25561.
  17. ^ Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae, vii. 18488.
  18. ^ CIL VI, 1655.
  19. ^ CIL VI, 1772, CIL VI, 1773, CIL XIV, 3582, CIL XIV, 3583, CIL VI, 31118, CIL XI, 6218.
  20. ^ "Fanum Fortunae", in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition.
  21. ^ CIL VI, 27768.
  22. ^ PLRE, vol. I, p. 817.
  23. ^ Settipani, p. 161.
  24. ^ PLRE, vol. I, p. 87.
  25. ^ Settipani, p. 161.
  26. ^ CIL VI, 1796d,032b.
  27. ^ Latin Anthology, No. 281, ed. Meyer.
  28. ^ CIL XI, 2807.
  29. ^ Tamburini, Il Museo territoriale del lago di Bolsena, p. 166a.
  30. ^ CIL VI, 22640.
  31. ^ a b CIL X, 232.
  32. ^ CIL X, 227.
  33. ^ CIL II, 3542.
  34. ^ CAG, 84-4, p. 204.

Bibliography

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