Ticinia gens
The gens Ticinia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Almost no members of this gens are mentioned in history, but a few are known from inscriptions.
Origin
[edit]The nomen Ticinius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed using the suffix -inius, usually derived from cognomina ending in -inus.[1] Here the root seems to be Ticinus, presumably referring to an inhabitant of Ticinum in Gallia Narbonensis.
Members
[edit]- This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
- Publius Ticinius Mela, brought the first barber to Rome from Sicily circa 300 BC.[2][3]
- Ticinius, dedicated a family sepulchre at Savaria in Pannonia 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 from Turris Libisonis in Sardinia as procurator, 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 of Africa 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 Mommsen et alii, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated CIL), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
- George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard 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, abbreviated BCTH), Imprimerie Nationale, Paris (1885–1973).