Ticinia gens
Thegens Ticiniawas an obscureplebeianfamily atancient Rome.Almost no members of thisgensare mentioned in history, but a few are known from inscriptions.
Origin
[edit]ThenomenTiciniusbelongs to a class of gentilicia formed using the suffix-inius,usually derived fromcognominaending in-inus.[1]Here the root seems to beTicinus,presumably referring to an inhabitant ofTicinuminGallia Narbonensis.
Members
[edit]- This list includes abbreviatedpraenomina.For an explanation of this practice, seefiliation.
- Publius Ticinius Mela, brought the first barber to Rome fromSicilycirca300 BC.[2][3]
- Ticinius, dedicated a family sepulchre atSavariainPannonia Superior,dating from the latter half of the second century, for his wife, Ticinia [...]nia.[4]
- Ticinia [...]nia, buried at Savaria in a family sepulchre built by her husband, Ticinius, dating from the latter half of the second century.[4]
Undated Ticinii
[edit]- Marcus Ticinius, described in an inscription fromTurris LibisonisinSardiniaasprocurator,or governor of the province, in an unknown year. However, the inscription is thought to be a forgery.[5]
- Ticinius Victor, buried at the site of modern Esnakit, formerly part ofAfrica Proconsularis,aged seventy.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Marcus Terentius Varro,Rerum Rusticarum(Rural Matters).
- Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder),Historia Naturalis(Natural History).
- Theodor Mommsenet alii,Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum(The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviatedCIL), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
- George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", inHarvard Studies in Classical Philology,vol. VIII, pp. 103–184 (1897).
- Bulletin Archéologique du Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques(Archaeological Bulletin of the Committee on Historic and Scientific Works, abbreviatedBCTH), Imprimerie Nationale, Paris (1885–1973).