Lollia gens

Empress Lollia Paulina from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum

The gens Lollia was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of the gens do not appear at Rome until the last century of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the consulship was Marcus Lollius, in 21 BC.[1]

Origin

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The Lollii appear to have been either of Samnite or Sabine origin, for a Samnite of this name is mentioned in the war with Pyrrhus and Marcus Lollius Palicanus, who was tribune of the plebs in 71 BC, is described as a native of Picenum.[1]

Praenomina

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The praenomina used by the Lollii included Quintus, Marcus, Lucius and Gnaeus.[1]

Branches and cognomina

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The only cognomen of the Lollii in the time of the Republic was Palicanus, but others appear under the Empire.[1]

Members

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Coin with Marcus Lollius Palicanus (obverse) and rostra (reverse)
This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 797 ("Lollia Gens").
  2. ^ Zonaras, viii. 7.
  3. ^ Mai, Scriptorum Veterum, vol. II, p. 526.
  4. ^ a b c Cicero, In Verrem, iii. 25.
  5. ^ Appian, Bella Mithridatica, 95.
  6. ^ Valerius Maximus, viii. 1, damn. 5.
  7. ^ Hazel, p. 220.
  8. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Caesar", 50.
  9. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 797 ("Lollius", no. 5).
  10. ^ Horace, Epistulae, i.
  11. ^ Ronald Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p. 177
  12. ^ Anthologia Graeca.
  13. ^ Tacitus, Annales, ii. 71.
  14. ^ Winckelmann, viii. 4, 5.
  15. ^ Freeman, p. 508.
  16. ^ CIL VI, 9433.

Bibliography

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