Modia (gens)
The gens Modia was a minor family at Ancient Rome, known from a small number of individuals.[1]
Praenomina
The Modii are known to have used the praenomina Quintus, Septimus, Marcus, Gaius, and Lucius, all of which were very common, except for Septimus, which was quite unusual.[2]
Members
- Septimus Modius, known from an inscription.[3]
- Quintus Modius Equiculus, mentioned by Varro.[4]
- Marcus Modius, mentioned by Cicero.[5]
- Gaius Modius Justus, propraetor of Numidia in an uncertain year.[6]
- Quintus Modius, described as the brother of Gaius Vibius Postumus, probably the same who was proconsul of Asia during the reign of Nero.[6]
- Modia, a Roman matron mentioned by Juvenal.[7]
- Modius Terventinus, praefectus vehiculorum in AD 214.[6]
- Modius Julius, governor of Britannia Inferior in AD 219.[6]
- Gaius Modius Taurus, a Roman aristocrat, mentioned in an inscription of uncertain date.[6]
See also
References
Bibliography
- Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum Rusticarum (Rural Matters).
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Verrem.
- Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Satirae (Satires).
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
- August Pauly, Georg Wissowa, et alii, Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart (1894–1980).
- George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897).
- Paul von Rohden, Elimar Klebs, & Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated PIR), Berlin (1898).
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