Novia gens
Thegens Noviawas a minorplebeianfamily atancient Rome.Members of thisgensfirst appear during the final century of theRepublic,but the first of the Novii to obtain theconsulshipwas Decimus Junius Novius Priscus in AD 78.[1]
Origin
[edit]ThenomenNoviusis a patronymic surname, derived from the commonOscanpraenomenNovius.Since both the praenomen and nomen have the same form, it can be difficult to determine in some cases whether persons namedNoviusbore it as a praenomen or anomen gentilicium.In either case, the name itself establishes the Oscan origin of the Novii.[2]
Members
[edit]- This list includes abbreviatedpraenomina.For an explanation of this practice, seefiliation.
- Quintus Novius,a playwright in the time ofSulla,celebrated for hisAtellane plays.He was a contemporary ofPomponius,another playwright specializing in the genre. Novius' work is frequently mentioned byNonius Marcellus.[3][4][5]
- Lucius Novius, possibly surnamedNiger,atribune of the plebsin 58 BC, the year thatPublius Clodius Pulcherheld the office. Novius was strongly opposed to his colleague.[6][7]
- Novius Facundus, a mathematician in the time ofAugustus,who devised a means of measuring the length of days using an obelisk erected on thecampus Martius.[8][9]
- Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul in AD 78. He is probably the same Novius Priscus who was amongSeneca's friends, banished byNeroin AD 66. His wife was Artoria Flacilla.[10][9]
- Novius, a friend ofMartial.[11][12]
- Novius Maximus, a person to whom Pliny the Younger addressed two letters.[13][9]
- Novius, a legacy hunter mentioned by Juvenal.[14][12]
- Lucius Novius Crispinus Martialis Saturninus,proconsulofGallia Narbonensisandlegatepro praetoreofAfrica Proconsularisin the time ofAntoninus Pius;consulsuffectusat some time in 150 or 151.[9]
- Gaius Novius Priscus, consulsuffectusin AD 152. He married Flavia Menodora.[9]
- Gaius Novius C. f. Rusticus Venuleius Apronianus, the son of Priscus and Flavia Menodora, served astribunus laticlaviuswith thesixth legion,was a legate inAsia,a candidate forquaestorand tribune of the plebs, and praetordesignatus.[15]
- Publius Novius L. f. Saturninus Martialis Marcellus, the son of Crispinus, consulcircaAD 150.[15]
- Novia L. f. Crispina, daughter of the consul Crispinus, marriedQuintus Antistius Adventus.[15]
- Lucius Novius Rufus, consulsuffectusin AD 186, he was legatepro praetoreinHispania Tarraconensisin 193. Rufus was among the leading Romans put to death bySeptimius Severuswithout cause.[16][15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,vol. II, pp. 1211, 1212 ( "Novia Gens").
- ^Chase, pp. 127, 128, 138.
- ^Macrobius, i. 10.
- ^Gellius, xv. 13.
- ^Bothe,Poëtae Scenici Latinorum,vol. ii. p. 41ff.
- ^Asconius Pedianus,In Ciceronis Pro Milone,p. 47 (ed.Orelli).
- ^Broughton, vol. II, p. 196.
- ^Pliny, xxxvi. 72.
- ^abcdePIR,vol. II, p. 417.
- ^Tacitus,Annalesxv. 71.
- ^Martial, vii. 72.
- ^abPIR,vol. II, p. 416.
- ^Pliny the Younger,Epistulae,iv. 20, v. 5.
- ^Juvenal, xii. 111.
- ^abcdPIR,vol. II, p. 418.
- ^Aelius Spartianus, "The Life of Septimius Severus", 13.
Bibliography
[edit]- Quintus Asconius Pedianus,Commentarius in Oratio CiceronisPro Milone(Commentary on Cicero's OrationPro Milone).
- Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder),Naturalis Historia(Natural History).
- Marcus Valerius Martialis(Martial),Epigrammata(Epigrams).
- Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger),Epistulae(Letters).
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus,Annales.
- Decimus Junius Juvenalis,Satirae(Satires).
- Aulus Gellius,Noctes Atticae(Attic Nights).
- Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius,Saturnalia.
- Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus,Historia Augusta(Augustan History).
- Friedrich Heinrich Bothe,Poëtae Scenici Latinorum(Fragments of the Latin Theatrical Poets), Heinrich Vogler, Halberstadt (1822).
- 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 (1897).
- Paul von Rohden,Elimar Klebs,&Hermann Dessau,Prosopographia Imperii Romani(The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviatedPIR), Berlin (1898).
- T. Robert S. Broughton,The Magistrates of the Roman Republic,American Philological Association (1952).