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The gens Curvia was a minor Roman gens, best known for being among the ancestors of Marcus Aurelius.

Members

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  • Curvia, a woman described on an epitaph from the site of modern Morte-Merie, Uzer, Ardèche, France.[1]
  • Curvia Fabia (or Fabia Curvia), a woman mentioned in an inscription from an insula at Pompeii.[2][3]
  • Domitia Lucilla, perhaps originally Curvia Lucilla, was the daughter of Lucanus, and the mother of Domitia Lucilla the Younger, by whom she was the grandmother of Marcus Aurelius.[4]
  • Curvius Marcellus, owned a domus in Pompeii with his wife Fabia.[5]
  • Sextus Curvius Silvinus, quaestor during the reigns of Augustus or Tiberius.[6]
  • Gnaeus Domitius Tullus,[a] son of Curvius Tullus, along with his brother was adopted by their father's friend, Domitius Afer, before the two men became hostile.[6]
  • Gnaeus Domitius Lucanus,[a] the son of Curvius Tullus, he and his brother were adopted by their father's friend, Domitius Afer, before the two men fell out.[6]
  • Sextus Curvius Tullus, the son of Silvinus, was a close friend of the lawyer Gnaeus Domitius Afer, but they had a falling out[6]
  • Curvia Urbana, a woman named in an inscription from Gallia Narbonensis.[7][8]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b After their adoption, the brothers' full names were Gnaeus Domitius Afer Titius Marcellus Curvius Tullus and Gnaeus Domitius Afer Titius Marcellus Curvius Lucanus.

References

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  1. ^ L'Ardèche. pp. 414, 492.
  2. ^ D'Avino, 1967. p. 32
  3. ^ D'Avino, 1964. p. 121.
  4. ^ Adriano. p. 39.
  5. ^ Della Corte, p. 176.
  6. ^ a b c d Lindsay, p. 158.
  7. ^ CIL XII, 4756.
  8. ^ Syme, Ronald (1986). "More Narbonensian Senators" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (65). Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH: 13.

Sources

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  • Adriano: architettura e progetto (in Italian). Electa. 2000 – via Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli, Italy)/Villa Adriana (Tívoli).
  • Lindsay, Hugh (2009). Adoption in the Roman world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-65821-1. OCLC 647846259.
  • Dupraz, Joëlle; Fraisse, Christel (2001). L'Ardèche (in French). Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Ministère de l'éducation nationale, Ministère de la recherche, Ministère de la culture et de la communication, Maison des sciences de l'homme.
  • D'Avino, Michele (1967). The Women of Pompeii. Loffredo.
  • D'Avino, Michele (1964). La donna a Pompei (in Italian). Loffredo.
  • Della Corte, Matteo (1954). Case ed abitanti di Pompei (in Italian). Presso l'autore.
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