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Ogulnia gens

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The gens Ogulnia was an ancient plebeian family at ancient Rome. The gens first came to prominence at the beginning of the third century BC, when the brothers Quintus and Gnaeus Ogulnius, tribunes of the plebs, carried a law opening most of the Roman priesthoods to the plebeians. The only member of the family to obtain the consulship was Quintus Ogulnius Gallus in 269 BC. However, Ogulnii are still found in imperial times.[1]

Praenomina

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The only praenomina known to have been used by the early Ogulnii were Quintus, Gnaeus, Lucius, and Marcus, although in a filiation from the Fasti Capitolini the ancestor of the Ogulnii Galli may have been named Aulus.[2] The later Ogulnii used all of these, as well as Numerius, and there are examples of Publius and Titus as well.

Branches and cognomina

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The only cognomen of the Ogulnii under the Republic is Gallus, which signified a cockerel, or a Gaul. The other Ogulnii mentioned in history had no surnames.[1][3]

Members

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This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
Didrachm minted in Rome between 269 and 266 BC. Hercules is pictured on the obverse, while the reverse features the statue of the She-wolf suckling Twins erected by Quintus and Gnaeus Ogulnius during their aedileship in 296 BC.[4]

Early Ogulnii

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Others

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  • Ogulnia, used as an example by Juvenal, of a genteel matron who would spare no expense to visit the public games, and lavish gifts on a handsome young athlete.[25][26]
  • Gaius Ogulnius M. f., buried at Philippi, aged seven.[27]
  • Marcus Ogulnius, named in an inscription from Rome.[28]
  • Numerius Ogulnius Abscantus, husband of Ogulnia Hilara and father of Numerius Ogulnius Rhodo, buried at Rome, aged fifty.[29]
  • Lucius Ogulnius L. l. Aeschinus, a freedman named in an inscription from Nomentum.[30]
  • Ogulnia L. l. Aeschinus, a freedman named in an inscription from Nomentum.[30]
  • Marcus Ogulnius Agathemer, buried at Rome, aged twenty-five.[31]
  • Aulus Ogulnius Auctus, named in an inscription from Rome recording a purchase.[32]
  • Ogulnia N. l. Auge, a freedwoman, named in an inscription from Rome.[33]
  • Aulus Ogulnius Atimetus, husband of Ogulnia Tyche, buried at Rome.[34]
  • Gaius Ogulnius C. l. Ciratus, a freedman, buried at Narbo.[35]
  • Numerius Ogulnius N. l. Dinaeus, a freedman, named in an inscription from Rome.[33]
  • Aulus Ogulnius Epagathus, named in an inscription from Ostia[36]
  • Quintus Ogulnius Epagathus, named in an inscription from Ostia.[37]
  • Aulus Ogulnius Epaphra, named in an inscription from Rome recording a purchase.[32]
  • Marcus Ogulnius Eros, dedicated a monument at Rome to his wife, Vetilia.[38]
  • Publius Ogulnius Eutychus, named in an inscription from Minturnae in Latium.[39]
  • Ogulnius Felix, possibly a slave, mentioned in an inscription dating from the early Empire.[40][26]
  • Ogulnius Felix, together with his aunt, Livia Amaryllis, dedicated a monument at Rome to his mother, Ogulnia Successa.[41]
  • Ogulnia L. l. Fortunata, a freedwoman named in an inscription from Nomentum.[30]
  • Numerius Ogulnius Fortunatus, dedicated a monument at Rome to his son, Numerius.[42]
  • Numerius Ogulnius N. f. Fortunatus, buried at Rome, aged eight years, six months.[42]
  • Marcus Ogulnius Fructus, son of Mnester and Secunda, buried at Rome, aged ten years, seven months, and fourteen days.[43]
  • Numerius Ogulnius Hermes, husband of Ogulnia Proba, to whom he dedicated a monument at Antium.[44]
  • Ogulnia Hilara, wife of Numerius Ogulnius Abscantus, and mother of Numerius Ogulnius Rhodo, with whom she dedicated a monument at Rome to her husband.[29]
  • Ogulnia Hilara, buried at Narbo.[35]
  • Marcus Ogulnius Justus, dedicated a monument at Rome to his son, Marcus.[45]
  • Marcus Ogulnius M. f. Justus, buried at Rome, aged fifteen years, two months, and twenty-two days.[45]
  • Marcus Ogulnius Menophanes, buried at Rome.[46]
  • Numerius Ogulnius Menophilus, named in an inscription from Rome.[47]
  • Ogulnia Cn. l. Nice, a freedwoman named in an inscription from Rome.[48]
  • Gnaeus Ogulnius Cn. l. Nicephorus, a freedman named in an inscription from Rome.[48]
  • Lucius Ogulnius Aeschini l. Philea, a freedman named in an inscription from Nomentum.[30]
  • Lucius Ogulnius L. l. Philemo, a freedman mentioned in an inscription from Nomentum.[30]
  • Lucius Ogulnius Pupillae l. Philonicus, a freedman named in an inscription from Rome.[49]
  • Ogulnia Proba, wife of Numerius Ogulnius Hermes, buried at Rome.[44]
  • Marcus Ogulnius Proclus, buried at Rome, aged thirteen years, two months, eight days, and three hours.[50]
  • Titus Ogulnius Receptus, a freedman, named in an inscription from Rome.[51]
  • Numerius Ogulnius N. f. Rhodo, the son of Numerius Ogulnius Abscantus and Ogulnia Hilara, dedicated a monument at Rome to his father.[29]
  • Marcus Ogulnius M. l. Rufio, a freedman buried at Rome.[52]
  • Marcus Ogulnius M. f. Rufus, named in an inscription from Rome.[53]
  • Ogulnius C. f. Saxo, named in an inscription from Nomentum.[30]
  • Ogulnius Asandrae f. Sostras, named in an inscription from Nomentum.[30]
  • Ogulnia Successa, sister of Livia Amaryllis and mother of Ogulnius Felix, buried at Rome.[41]
  • Marcus Ogulnius Tiro, mentioned in an inscription from Knodara on Cyprus.[54]
  • Ogulnia Tyche, wife of Aulus Ogulnius Atimetus, buried at Rome.[34]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Broughton considers the ambassador of 273 to be the same as the consul of 269.
  2. ^ Following the Fasti Capitolini, Broughton gives Aulus as the name of the consul's grandfather.

References

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  1. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 19 ("Ogulnia Gens").
  2. ^ Broughton, vol. I, pp. 199.
  3. ^ Chase, p. 114.
  4. ^ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, pp. 137, 714.
  5. ^ a b Livy, x. 6–9, x. 23, Epitome 11.
  6. ^ Valerius Maximus, i. 8. § 2, iv. 3. § 9.
  7. ^ Aurelius Victor, De Viris Illustribus, 22.
  8. ^ Orosius, iii. 22.
  9. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, xv. 622 ff.
  10. ^ Justin, xviii. 3.
  11. ^ Cassius Dio, Fragmentum, 147, with note of Fabricius.
  12. ^ Broughton, vol. I, pp. 172, 176, 182, 197, 199.
  13. ^ Broughton, vol. I, pp. 172, 176.
  14. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 199.
  15. ^ Eutropius, ii. 16.
  16. ^ Livy, Epitome, 15.
  17. ^ Pliny the Elder, xxxiii. 13.
  18. ^ Broughton, vol. I, pp. 199, 207.
  19. ^ Livy, xxvii. 3.
  20. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 281.
  21. ^ Livy, xxxiii. 36.
  22. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 337.
  23. ^ Livy, lx. 56, xl. 16.
  24. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 382.
  25. ^ Juvenal, 6. 354.
  26. ^ a b PIR, vol. II, p. 432.
  27. ^ Philippae, 382.
  28. ^ CIL VI, 14288.
  29. ^ a b c CIL VI, 23406.
  30. ^ a b c d e f g CIL XIV, 3979.
  31. ^ CIL VI, 23407.
  32. ^ a b CIL VI, 4996.
  33. ^ a b CIL VI, 23410.
  34. ^ a b CIL VI, 23409.
  35. ^ a b CIL XII, 4700.
  36. ^ ZPE, 125-252.
  37. ^ CIL XIV, 1423.
  38. ^ CIL VI, 28645.
  39. ^ CIL X, 6046.
  40. ^ CIL VI, 12564.
  41. ^ a b CIL VI, 23431.
  42. ^ a b CIL VI, 23412.
  43. ^ CIL VI, 23413.
  44. ^ a b CIL VI, 23430.
  45. ^ a b CIL VI, 23414.
  46. ^ CIL VI, 23415.
  47. ^ CIL VI, 23416.
  48. ^ a b CIL VI, 23417.
  49. ^ CIL VI, 38690.
  50. ^ CIL VI, 23420.
  51. ^ CIL VI, 23421.
  52. ^ CIL VI, 4632.
  53. ^ CIL VI, 23423.
  54. ^ CIL III, 215.

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