Aebutia (gens)

The gens Aebutia was a Roman gens that was prominent during the early Republic. The family was originally patrician, but also had plebeian branches. The first member to obtain the consulship was Titus Aebutius Elva, consul in 499 BC.[1]

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Praenomina used by the gens

During the first century of the Republic, the Aebutii used the praenomina Titus, Lucius, Postumus, and Marcus. In later times, they also used the name Publius.[2]

Branches and cognomina of the gens

The patrician Aebutii used the cognomen Elva. Cornicen was a personal surname belonging to one of the Elvae. No patrician Aebutius held any curule magistracy from 442 to 176 BC, when Marcus Aebutius Elva obtained the praetorship. Carus was a cognomen of the plebeian Aebutii. Later surnames include Faustus, Liberalis, and Pinnius.[3]

Notable members of the gens

See also

List of Roman gentes

References

  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
  2. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
  3. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
  4. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita xxxix. 9, 11, 19.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).