Domitia gens

The gens Domitia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, consul in 332 BC. His son, Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus Maximus, was consul in 283, and the first plebeian censor. The family produced several distinguished generals, and towards the end of the Republic, the Domitii were looked upon as one of the most illustrious gentes.[1][2][3][4]

Praenomina

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The praenomen most associated with the Domitii was Gnaeus. The Domitii Calvini also used Marcus, while the Ahenobarbi used Lucius.

Branches and cognomina

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During the time of the Republic, there are recorded only two branches of this gens, the Ahenobarbi and Calvini, and with the exception of a few unknown personages mentioned in isolated passages of Cicero, there is none without a cognomen.[1]

Calvinus, the name of the oldest family of the Domitii, is derived from the Latin adjective calvus, meaning "bald." The lengthened form, Calvinus is a diminutive, generally translated as "baldish", although it could also refer to the descendants of someone who had borne the surname Calvus. Such names belong to a common class of cognomina derived from a person's physical features.[1][5]

The family named Ahenobarbus was so called from the red hair which many of its members had. To explain this name, which signifies, "Red-Beard" (literally, "Bronze-Beard"), and to assign a high antiquity to their family, it was said that the Dioscuri announced to one of their ancestors the victory of the Romans over the Latins at Lake Regillus (498 BC), and, to confirm the truth of what they said, that they stroked his black hair and beard, which immediately became red.[6][7][8][9][5][10]

Members

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

Domitii Calvini

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Domitii Ahenobarbi

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Others

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Identified as Lucius Domitius in Plutarch and Eutropius, some sources describe him as Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 1061 ("Domitia Gens").
  2. ^ Cicero, Philippicae ii. 29.
  3. ^ Pliny the Elder, vii. 57.
  4. ^ Valerius Maximus, vi. 2. § 8.
  5. ^ a b Chase, pp. 109, 110.
  6. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Nero", 1.
  7. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Aemilius Paullus", 25, "The Life of Coriolanus", 3.
  8. ^ Dionysius, vi. 13.
  9. ^ Tertullian, 22.
  10. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, pp. 83, 84 ("Ahenobarbus").
  11. ^ Livy, viii. 17.
  12. ^ Livy, x. 9, Epitome 13.
  13. ^ Pliny the Elder, xxxiii. 1.
  14. ^ Polybius, ii. 19, 20.
  15. ^ Appian, Bellum Samniticum, 6, Bella Celtica, 11.
  16. ^ Florus, i. 13.
  17. ^ Eutropius, ii. 10.
  18. ^ Fasti Capitolini.
  19. ^ Frontinus, Strategemata, iii. 2. § 1.
  20. ^ Livy, Epitome, 20.
  21. ^ Zonaras, viii. 19 ff.
  22. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Sertorius", 12.
  23. ^ Livy, Epitome, 90.
  24. ^ Eutropius, vi. 1.
  25. ^ Florus, iii. 22.
  26. ^ Orosius, v. 23.
  27. ^ a b Broughton, vol. II, pp. 79, 84, 85 (note 4).
  28. ^ Syme, Ronald (1987). "M. Bibulus and Four Sons". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. 91. Department of the Classics, Harvard University: 185–198. doi:10.2307/311404. JSTOR 311404 – via JSTOR.
  29. ^ Livy, xxxiii. 42, xxxiv. 42, 43, 53, xxxv. 10, 20-22, 40, xxxvi. 37.
  30. ^ Valerius Maximus, i. 6. § 5.
  31. ^ Broughton, Vol. I, p. 335.
  32. ^ Livy, xlii. 28, xliv. 18, xlv. 17.
  33. ^ Cicero, De Natura Deorum, ii. 4, De Divinatione, ii. 35.
  34. ^ Valerius Maximus, i. 1. § 3.
  35. ^ Livy, Epitome, 61, 62.
  36. ^ Florus, iii. 2.
  37. ^ Strabo, iv. p. 191.
  38. ^ Cicero, Pro Fonteio, 8, 12, Brutus, 26, Pro Cluentio, 42.
  39. ^ Velleius Paterculus, ii. 10, 39.
  40. ^ Orosius, v. 13.
  41. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Nerva", 12.
  42. ^ Asconius Pedianus, in Cornelio, p. 81 (ed. Orelli).
  43. ^ Livy, Epitome, 67.
  44. ^ Cicero, Pro Rege Deiotario, 11, Divinatio in Caecilium, 20, In Verrem, ii. 47, Pro Cornelio, 2, Pro Scauro, 1, De Oratore, iii. 24, Brutus, 44.
  45. ^ Valerius Maximus, vi. 5. § 5, ix. 1. § 4.
  46. ^ Cassius Dio, Fragmenta, 100.
  47. ^ Gellius, xv. 11.
  48. ^ Pliny the Elder, xviii. 1.
  49. ^ Macrobius, ii. 11.
  50. ^ Cicero, In Verrem, v. 3.
  51. ^ Valerius Maximus, vi. 3. § 5.
  52. ^ Appian, Bellum Civile, i. 88.
  53. ^ Velleius Paterculus, ii. 26.
  54. ^ Orosius, v. 20.
  55. ^ Livy, Epitome, 89.
  56. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Pompeius", 10, 12.
  57. ^ Zonaras, x. 2.
  58. ^ Orosius, v. 21.
  59. ^ Cassius Dio, xxxvii. 46, xxxix, xli.
  60. ^ Pliny the Elder, viii. 54.
  61. ^ Horace, Epistulae, i. 19. 47.
  62. ^ Orelli, Onomasticon Tullianum.
  63. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Nero", 2.
  64. ^ Caesar, De Bello Civili.
  65. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem, ii. 13.
  66. ^ Cicero, Philippicae, ii. 11, Brutus, 25, Epistulae ad Familiares, vi. 22.
  67. ^ Appian, Bellum Civile, v. 55, 63, 65.
  68. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Antonius", 70, 71.
  69. ^ Cassius Dio, xlvii. 1.
  70. ^ Velleius Paterculus, ii. 76, 84.
  71. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Nero", 3.
  72. ^ a b Tacitus, Annales, iv. 44.
  73. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Nero", 4.
  74. ^ Cassius Dio, liv. 59.
  75. ^ a b Velleius Paterculus, ii. 72.
  76. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Nero", 5, 6.
  77. ^ Tacitus, Annales, iv. 75, vi. 1, 47, xii. 64.
  78. ^ Cassius Dio, lviii. 17.
  79. ^ Tacitus, Annales, xiii. 19, 21.
  80. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Nero", 34.
  81. ^ Cassius Dio, lxi. 17.
  82. ^ Quintilian, vi. 1. § 50, 3. § 74, x. 1. § 24.
  83. ^ Tacitus, Annales xi. 37 ff, xii. 64 ff.
  84. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Claudius", 26, "The Life of Nero", 7.
  85. ^ SIG, 712.
  86. ^ Broughton, vol. 1, pp. 536, 537.
  87. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 962 ("Domitius Marsus").
  88. ^ Tacitus, Annales, ii. 77–79.
  89. ^ Tacitus, Annales, ii. 86.
  90. ^ Tacitus, Annales, xiv.40.
  91. ^ Tacitus, Annales, xv. 59.
  92. ^ Tacitus, Annales, xvi.34.
  93. ^ Cassius Dio, lxvii. 3, lxvi. 3, 15.
  94. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Domitian", 3, 22.
  95. ^ Fausto Zevi, "I consoli del 97 d. Cr. in due framenti gia' editi dei Fasti Ostienses", Listy filologické / Folia philologica, 96 (1973), pp. 125–137
  96. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, pp. 694, 695 ("Domitius Labeo").
  97. ^ Digesta seu Pandectae, 28. tit. 1. s. 27.
  98. ^ Stephanus, Ethnica s.v. Ολυμπη.
  99. ^ Aelius Spartianus, "The Life of Septimius Severus", 8.
  100. ^ Cassius Dio, lxxviii. 22.

Bibliography

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Domitia Gens". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 1061.
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William (1870). "Ahenobarbus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 83.