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The gens Nummia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens appear almost exclusively under the Empire. During the third century, they frequently obtained the highest offices of the Roman state. [1]

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Praenomina

Little can be said about the praenomina of the early Nummii, for nearly all of the Nummii Albini, the only prominent family, bore the praenomen Marcus , and were distinguished from one another by their various other names. The only other praenomen occurring among the Nummii who appear in history is Titus , although in inscriptions we also find Lucius, Gaius, Publius , and Quintus .

Branches and cognomina

The main family of the Nummii bore the surname Albinus, "whitish", an old and honourable cognomen long associated with aristocratic Roman families. [2] Members of this family bore additional surnames, such as Senecio ("old man"), Justus ("just, upright"), Dexter ("right, fortunate"), and Tuscus ("Etruscan"). [3] Besides these, one of the early Nummii adds Gallus, a surname that can be translated as either "cockerel" or "Gaul", and perhaps Rusticus ("rural, rustic"). [2]

Members

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

Notes

  1. ↑ This Nummius may be identified with the praefectus urbi "Ceionius Albinus" whom the Historia Augusta alleges received a letter from Valerian. Syme says the letter is a fabrication, and notes that the name Ceionius is not otherwise attested for him specifically, although a union between the Ceionii and Nummii dates from around this period. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 1215 ("Nummius").
  2. 1 2 Chase, p. 110.
  3. ↑ New College Latin & English Dictionary, s. v. Justus, Dexter, Tuscus.
  4. ↑ CIL VI, 244.
  5. ↑ Aelius Spartianus, "The Life of Didius Julianus"
  6. 1 2 PIR, vol. II, p. 420.
  7. 1 2 PIR, vol. II, pp. 420, 421.
  8. 1 2 3 4 PIR, vol. II, p. 421.
  9. ↑ PIR, vol. II, pp. 421, 422.
  10. ↑ Syme, Ammianus and the Historia Augusta, pp. 154–155 (note 4).
  11. 1 2 Chronography of 354.
  12. ↑ AE 2000, 93
  13. ↑ CIL XIV, 5357
  14. ↑ CIL VI, 314b
  15. ↑ RE, vol. XVII (2), cols. 1411–1412 (Nummius 11).
  16. ↑ PLRE, vol. i, p. 34.
  17. ↑ CIL VI, 433
  18. ↑ PLRE, vol. i, p. 36.
  19. 1 2 AE 1926, 28
  20. ↑ PLRE, vol. 1, p. 37.
  21. ↑ PLRE, vol. 1, p. 927.
  22. 1 2 CIL VI, 1748
  23. ↑ CIL II, 4512
  24. ↑ RE, vol. V (1), col. 297 (Dexter 7).
  25. ↑ PLRE, vol. i, p. 251.

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