Salvia gens

The gens Salvia was a minor Roman family toward the end of the Republic. The first of the family known to have held public office at Rome was Publius Salvius Aper, praetorian prefect in 2 BC. About this time, the Salvii achieved equestrian rank, and thereafter held various positions in the Roman state for the next two centuries, before falling back into obscurity. The most illustrious of the Salvii was probably Marcus Salvius Otho, proclaimed emperor in AD 69.[1]

Bust of Emperor Otho from the 16th or 17th century.

Origin

The Salvii were doubtless of Sabellic origin, as their nomen is a patronymic surname derived from the common Oscan praenomen Salvius.[2] They probably spread throughout Italy long before obtaining Roman citizenship; the emperor Otho was descended from an ancient and noble family of Ferentinum, in Etruria.[1]

Members

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

Salvii Othones

Others

See also

References

  1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 700 ("Salvia Gens").
  2. Chase, p. 141.
  3. Prosopographia Imperii Romani, S 108.
  4. Prosopographia Imperii Romani, S 107.
  5. Prosopographia Imperii Romani, S 111.
  6. Suetonius, "The Life of Otho", 3.
  7. Suetonius, "The Life of Domitianus", 10.
  8. RE, vol. I A.2, col. 2022: Salvius 3.
  9. Prosopographia Imperii Romani, S 97.
  10. Prosopographia Imperii Romani, S 99.
  11. Prosopographia Imperii Romani, S 105.
  12. Prosopographia Imperii Romani, S 117.
  13. Jolowicz and Nicholas, pp. 384, 385.
  14. Prosopographia Imperii Romani, S 104.
  15. Prosopographia Imperii Romani, S 115.

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