Nummia (gens)

The gens Nummia was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens appear almost exclusively under the Empire. During the third century, they frequently obtained the highest offices of the Roman state.[1]

Praenomina

Little can be said about the praenomina of the early Nummii, for nearly all of the Nummii Albini, the only prominent family, bore the praenomen Marcus, and were distinguished from one another by their various other names. The only other praenomen occurring among the Nummii who appear in history is Titus, although in inscriptions we also find Lucius, Gaius, Publius, and Quintus.

Branches and cognomina

The main family of the Nummii bore the surname Albinus, "whitish", an old and honourable cognomen long associated with aristocratic Roman families.[2] Members of this family bore additional surnames, such as Senecio ("old man"), Justus ("just, upright"), Dexter ("right, fortunate"), and Tuscus ("Etruscan").[3] Besides these, one of the early Nummii adds Gallus, a surname that can be translated as either "cockerel" or "Gaul", and perhaps Rusticus ("rural, rustic").[2]

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

Notes

  1. Apparently so identified in PIR; but possibly should be Marcus Nummius Attidius Senecio Albinus, with Marcus Nummius Ceionius Annius Albinus being his son.

See also

References

  1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 1215 ("Nummius").
  2. Chase, p. 110.
  3. New College Latin & English Dictionary, s. v. Justus, Dexter, Tuscus.
  4. CIL VI, 244.
  5. Aelius Spartianus, "The Life of Didius Julianus"
  6. PIR, vol. II, p. 420.
  7. PIR, vol. II, pp. 420, 421.
  8. PIR, vol. II, p. 421.
  9. PIR, vol. II, pp. 421, 422.
  10. Chronography of 354.

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