Appuleia gens

The gens Appuleia, occasionally written Apuleia, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which flourished from the fifth century BC into imperial times. The first of the gens to achieve importance was Lucius Appuleius, tribune of the plebs in 391 BC.[1]

Praenomina

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The principal names used by the Appuleii were Lucius, Sextus, and Gaius. There is one early instance of the praenomen Quintus, but Marcus and Gnaeus are not found before the first century BC.

Branches and cognomina

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The cognomina of this gens are Decianus, Pansa, and Saturninus. Of these, only Saturninus was a regular surname. Decianus was first used by a member adopted from the Decia gens, and passed to his children.

Members

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

Appuleii Saturnini

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Appuleii Deciani

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Others

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 248 ("Appuleia or Apuleia Gens").
  2. ^ Livy, v. 32.
  3. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Camillus", 12.
  4. ^ Polybius, xxxii. 26.
  5. ^ Sherk, "Senatus Consultum De Agro Pergameno", p. 368.
  6. ^ Syme, "Senators, Tribes and Towns", pp. 111, 121–122.
  7. ^ Broughton, vol. 3, p. 23.
  8. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, xiii. 45, 46.
  9. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, xii. 14, 17.
  10. ^ Appian, Bellum Civile, iii. 93.
  11. ^ Cassius Dio, liv. 7.
  12. ^ Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, p. 317
  13. ^ a b Appuleius. Strachan stemma.
  14. ^ Scribonius Largus, De Compositione Medicamentorum, 94, 171.
  15. ^ Livy, xlv. 13.

Bibliography

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  • Polybius, Historiae (The Histories).
  • Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, Epistulae ad Familiares.
  • Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome.
  • Scribonius Largus, De Compositione Medicamentorum (On the Composition of Medicines).
  • Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Plutarch), Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans.
  • Appianus Alexandrinus (Appian), Bellum Civile (The Civil War).
  • Cassius Dio, Roman History.
  • Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
  • T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, American Philological Association (1952–1986).
  • Syme, Ronald (1964). "Senators, Tribes and Towns". Historia. 13 (1): 105–125. JSTOR 4434822.
  • Robert K. Sherk, "The Text of the Senatus Consultum De Agro Pergameno", in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, vol. 7, pp. 361–369 (1966).
  • Ronald Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1989).