Nonia (gens)
Nonius is the name of a gens whose most notable members were active mainly during the late Republican and early Imperial period of Ancient Rome.
Origin of the gens
The gens Nonia originates from Picenum during the late republic. The first known member of the gens Nonia was Novus Homo Lucius Nonius Asprenas, who fought in Caesar's Civil War and was rewarded with a suffect consulship in 36 CE.[1]
Praenomina
The known praenomina among the members of the gens Nonia are Lucius (L.), Sextus (Sex.), Publius (P.) and Marcus (M.).
Members
Nonia Asprenas
- Lucius Nonius Asprenas, suffect consul in 36 BCE.
- Nonia Polla, daughter of the above and wife of Lucius Volusius Saturninus.
- Lucius Nonius Asprenas, son of the consul of 36 and friend of Emperor Augustus. Brought to trial as a poisoner.
- Lucius Nonius Asprenas, son of the above and Roman consul in 6 CE.
- Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, Roman consul in 8 CE.
- Lucius Nonius Asprenas, son of the consul of 6 and Roman consul 29 CE.
- Publius Nonius Asprenas, consul in 38 CE.
- Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, son of the consul of 8, suffect consul in 38 CE.[2]
- Lucius Nonius Quinctilianus, son of the consul of 8.[3]
- Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas, suffect consul in 71 CE.
- Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas, son of the above and Roman consul in 94 and 128.
- Nonia Torquata, daughter of the above and wife of Quintus Volusius Saturninus.
Other Members
- Nonius, mentioned by Catullus in poem 52
- Marcus Nonius Macrinus, Roman general, consul in 154. Macrinus was a partial inspiration the character Maximus Decimus Meridius from the film Gladiator.[4][5]
- Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus. grandson of the above, consul in 201 CE.
- Nonia Celsa, wife of Emperor Macrinus (reigned 217-218) and mother of co-emperor Diadumenian[6]
- Nonius Philippus, a governor of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior (3rd century CE)
- Nonius Marcellus, Latin grammarian and lexicographer (4th/5th century CE)
- Nonius Atticus, Roman consul in 397.
References
- ↑ Syme, pgs. 63-64
- ↑ Barrett, Anthony A. (2002). Caligula: The Corruption of Power. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 81. ISBN 058546488X.
- ↑ Badel, Christophe, La noblesse de l'Empire romain: les masques et la vertu (2005), pg. 129
- ↑ "Tomb of 'Gladiator' Roman general unearthed". CBC News. 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ↑ "Tomb of Roman general who inspired Gladiator reburied". PreHist.org - Preserving History. 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ↑ Historia Augusta • Life of Diadumenianus
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