Fulcinia gens
Thegens Fulciniawas a minorplebeianfamily atancient Rome.The first of this name to appear in history isGaius Fulcinius,one of the ambassadors toFidenaein 438 BC. After this, no Fulcinius is mentioned until the time ofCicero.Several Fulcinii are known from the first century BC, although it is not clear whether or how they were related to the ambassador.[1]
Origin
[edit]ThenomenFulciniusbelongs to a class of gentilicia formed fromcognominaending in the diminutive suffix-inus.The root,Fulcina,seems to be related to theLatinfulcire,"to support", "maintain", or "prop up".[2][3]
Praenomina
[edit]The chiefpraenominaof the Fulcinii wereGaius,Marcus,andLucius,all of which were amongst the most common names throughout Roman history.
Members
[edit]- This list includes abbreviatedpraenomina.For an explanation of this practice, seefiliation.
- Gaius Fulcinius,one of the four ambassadors sent toFidenaein 438 BC to learn the reasons for that city's revolt.Lars Tolumnius,the king ofVeii,who had encouraged the revolt, advised the Fidenates to put the ambassadors to death. Fulcinius and his colleagues were subsequently honoured with statues on theRostra.[4][5][6]
- Marcus Fulcinius,a native ofTarquiniiinEtruria,was a successful banker at Rome, whom Cicero described as eminently respectable.[7]
- Marcus Fulcinius M. f., son of the banker Marcus, died young.[7]
- Marcus Fulcinius, a freedman of the banker Marcus Fulcinius.[7]
- Lucius Fulcinius, aquaestorserving underQuintus Caecilius Metellus MacedonicusinMacedoniain 148 BC, is named on Macedonian coins.[8][9]
- Gaius Fulcinius, the father of Lucius, who charged Marcus Saufeius with murder.[10]
- Lucius Fulcinius C. f., brought a charge of murder against Marcus Saufeius in BC 52.[10]
- Lucius Fulcinius Trio,consulin AD 31, and an ally ofSejanus,whose downfall occurred that year. An infamousdelator,he had accusedLucius Scribonius Libo,the consul of AD 16, and in 20 accusedGnaeus Calpurnius Pisoof having poisonedGermanicus.For a time, Fulcinius avoided the fate of Sejanus by prosecuting his accomplices, but in AD 35 he was likewise accused and imprisoned, escaping condemnation by taking his own life. Fulcinius' will excoriatedTiberius,Macro,and several of the emperor's freedmen.[11][12]
- Marcus Fulcinius, the father of Gaius Fulcinius, a magistrate ofCartenna,was perhaps the first to migrate toMauretania.[13]
- Gaius Fulcinius M. f. Quirinius Optatus, a magistrate of Cartenna, andflamenof theimperial cult,played a role in the defense of the city during the second century.[13]
- Gaius Fulcinius C. f. M. n. Optatus, the son of Quirinius Optatus, was a member of theequestrian ordersometime between AD 120 and 150.[13]
- Gaius Fulcinius C. f. C. n. Fabius Maximus Optatus,son of the eques Optatus, and grandson of Quirinius, was aRoman senator,and governor ofHispania Baeticain the late second century.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,vol. II, pp. 186, 187 ( "Fulcinia Gens" ).
- ^Chase, p. 126.
- ^New College Latin & English Dictionary,s.v. fulcio.
- ^Livy, iv. 17.
- ^Cicero,Philippicae,ix. 2.
- ^Broughton, vol. I, p. 58.
- ^abcCicero,Pro Caecina4, 6.
- ^Eckhel, vol. v. p. 221.
- ^Broughton, vol. I, p. 461.
- ^abAsconius Pedianus,In Ciceronis Pro Milone,p. 54.
- ^Tacitus,Annalesii. 28, 30, iii. 10, 19, v. 11, vi. 4, 38.
- ^Cassius Dio, lviii. 9, 25.
- ^abcdFerguson,Africa in Classical Antiquity,p. 211.
Bibliography
[edit]- Marcus Tullius Cicero,Philippicae,Pro Caecina.
- Titus Livius (Livy),History of Rome.
- Quintus Asconius Pedianus,Commentarius in Oratio CiceronisPro Milone(Commentary on Cicero's OrationPro Milone).
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus,Annales.
- Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus (Cassius Dio),Roman History.
- Joseph Hilarius Eckhel,Doctrina Numorum Veterum(The Study of Ancient Coins, 1792–1798).
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,William Smith,ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
- George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", inHarvard Studies in Classical Philology,vol. VIII, pp. 103–184 (1897).
- T. Robert S. Broughton,The Magistrates of the Roman Republic,American Philological Association (1952–1986).
- John C. Traupman,The New College Latin & English Dictionary,Bantam Books, New York (1995).
- John Ferguson,Africa in Classical Antiquity: Nine Studies,University of Michigan (1969).