Accia gens

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The gens Accia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome during the late Republic. The gens is known primarily from two individuals, Lucius Accius, a tragic poet of the second century BC, and Titus Accius, best known for his prosecution of Aulus Cluentius Habitus in Cicero's oration Pro Cluentio . Other Accii are known from inscriptions. [1]

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Origin

The most famous members of this gens, Lucius and Titus Accius, were from the town of Pisaurum, although it is not known whether or how they were related. Pisaurum was founded as a Roman colonia in the Ager Gallicus in 184 BC. [2] [3] This region had been settled by the Senones during the fourth century BC, and was later divided between Umbria and Cisalpine Gaul, with Pisaurum being included in Umbria. Pisaurum itself is not mentioned as a city prior to its establishment as a Roman colony. [4] Its earliest inhabitants were Romans, but early sources describe the natives of this area as Picentes, among whom there were probably also Umbrians, Etruscans, and Gauls. [5] [6] [7] [8] A large number of Accii are known from inscriptions of central Italy, from Umbria to Samnium, and adjoining regions, so nothing definite can be said of their ethnicity.

Praenomina

Most of the Accii bore very common praenomina, including Gaius , Lucius , Marcus , Titus , Publius , and Quintus . There are individual instances of Gnaeus , Numerius , and Spurius .

Members

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

Accii from inscriptions

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References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 6 ("Lucius Accius", "Titus Accius").
  2. ↑ Livy, xxxix. 44.
  3. ↑ Velleius Paterculus, i. 15.
  4. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, vol. II, pp. 633, 634 ("Pisaurum").
  5. ↑ Livy, xxiii. 14, xxxix. 44.
  6. ↑ Pliny, Historia Naturalis, iii. 14. s. 19.
  7. ↑ Ptolemaeus, Geographia, iii. 1. § 22.
  8. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, vol. II, pp. 1314 ff. ("Umbria").
  9. ↑ Cicero, Brutus, 28, De Legibus, ii. 21, Pro Archia Poeta, 11, Pro Plancio, 24, Pro Sestio, 56 ff.
  10. ↑ Horace, Epistulae, ii. 1. 56.
  11. ↑ Quintilian, x. 1. § 97.
  12. ↑ Gellius, xiii. 2.
  13. ↑ Cicero, Brutus, 23, Pro Cluentio, 23, 31, 57.
  14. 1 2 3 CIL VI, 10478.
  15. ↑ CIL XIV, 2964.
  16. ↑ AE 2003, 435.
  17. ↑ CIRPSalamanca, 207.
  18. 1 2 3 CIL IX, 4702.
  19. 1 2 CIL XI, 5071.
  20. 1 2 "IlAdria", 14.
  21. 1 2 AE 2005, 573.
  22. 1 2 CIL V, 1054.
  23. 1 2 CIL X, 411.
  24. 1 2 CIL XII, 4520.
  25. 1 2 "IlAdria", 13.
  26. 1 2 RSK, 335.
  27. 1 2 3 CIL IX, 2559.
  28. 1 2 AE 2011, 178c.
  29. 1 2 3 CIL V, 963.
  30. 1 2 3 Pais, Supplementa Italica, 489.
  31. 1 2 CIL 2–7, 724.
  32. ↑ Pais, Supplementa Italica, 498.
  33. 1 2 CIL VIII, 24862.
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 6 CIL IX, 3187.
  35. 1 2 CIL III, 14689.
  36. ↑ CIL VI, 33001.
  37. ↑ CIRPSalamanca, 84.
  38. ↑ CIL II, 697.
  39. ↑ CIL II, 5331.
  40. ↑ CIL VI, 1057.
  41. 1 2 CIL II, 1744.
  42. ↑ IdAltava, 124.
  43. ↑ AE 1915, 68, AE 1905, 26.
  44. ↑ CIL VI, 3768.
  45. ↑ AE 1969/70, 385.
  46. ↑ CIL VI, 13532.
  47. ↑ IdAltava, 58.
  48. 1 2 CIL III, 4830.
  49. ↑ CIL VIII, 7161.
  50. ↑ CIL III, 3492.
  51. ↑ CIL XI, 6712.
  52. ↑ CIL II, 871.
  53. ↑ CIL VIII, 25842.
  54. 1 2 3 CIL IX, 3198.
  55. ↑ AE 1910, 119.
  56. ↑ CIL III, 15187.
  57. ↑ AE 2001, 853.
  58. ↑ CIL X, 5142.
  59. ↑ IlAltava, 250.
  60. ↑ AE 1923, 89.
  61. ↑ AE 1937, 25.
  62. ↑ CIL V, 7508.

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