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Precia gens

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The gens Precia was a minor plebeian family of equestrian rank at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned toward the end of the Republic.[1]

Praenomina

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The Precii known from history and inscriptions used the praenomina Lucius, Gaius, and Quintus, among the most common names at all periods.

Members

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This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
  • Precia, the mistress of Publius Cornelius Cethegus. Lucullus used her influence to obtain a command in the Third Mithridatic War.[2]
  • Lucius Precius, an eques and merchant at Panormus during the governorship of Verres in Sicily. He may be the same Precius who left some property to Cicero.[3]
  • Precius, named Cicero as one of his heirs.[4]
  • Precianus, one of the Precii who was adopted into another gens, was a jurist, and friend of Cicero and his protégé, Trebatius Testa. He was known and respected by Caesar.[5]
  • Quintus Precius, the father of Quintus Precius Proculus, named in an inscription from Septempeda in Picenum.[6]
  • Precius Cadus, named in an inscription from Aquileia in Venetia and Histria.[7]
  • Gaius Precius Felix Neapolitanus, named in an inscription from Pola in Venetia and Histria, dating from the proconsular command of Sextus Palpellius Hister, the consul of AD 43.[8]
  • Quintus Precius Q. f. Q. n. Hermes, the son of Quintus Precius Proculus and Graecina Paetina, named in an inscription from Ostra in Umbria.[9]
  • Quintus Precius Q. f. Proculus, a municipal official at Ostra in Umbria, was the husband of Graecina Paetina, for whom he built a tomb in Ostra, and the father of Quintus Precius Hermes.[6][10][9]
  • Precia Veneria, the wife of Valerius Zoticus and mother of Valeria Vitalis, whom Precia and Zoticus buried at Rome, aged seventeen years, nine months, and eighteen days.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Latin Biography and Mythology, vol. III, pp. 521, 522 ("Precia", "Precianus", "Lucius Precius").
  2. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Lucullus", 6.
  3. ^ Cicero, In Verrem, v. 62, 65.
  4. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, xiv. 5. § 2, Epistulae ad Atticum, vi. 9. § 2, vii. 1. § 9.
  5. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, vii. 8.
  6. ^ a b CIL IX, 5615.
  7. ^ InscrAqu, ii. 1399.
  8. ^ CIL V, 35.
  9. ^ a b CIL XI, 6190.
  10. ^ CIL XI, 6189.
  11. ^ CIL VI, 28296.

Bibliography

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