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Stellia gens

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The gens Stellia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned in history, but a few are known from inscriptions.

Origin

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The nomen Stellius is derived from the Latin Stella, a star, which sometimes appears as a cognomen, in its original form, or in the derivative form Stellio.[1][2] It belongs to a large class of gentilicia derived from the names of familiar objects.[3]

Members

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This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
  • Stellia Agathe, dedicated a tomb at Casinum in Latium for her husband, Cornelius Phoebus.[4]
  • Stellius Novellus Amaranthus, dedicated a tomb at Messana in Sicilia for his son, Cytisus, aged ten.[5]
  • Gaius Stellius C. f. Primigenius, dedicated a tomb at Saepinum in Samnium for his friend, Gaius Neratius Primio.[6]
  • Quintus Stellius Q. f. Vopiscus, made an offering to Diana Lucifera at Philippi in Macedonia, dating between the first and third centuries.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cassell's Latin and English Dictionary, s.v. stella.
  2. ^ "Arruntius Stella", Tacitus, Annales, xiii. 22; Statius, Silvae, i. (dedicatio). Martial, Epigrammata, v. 21. C. Afranius Stellio, Livy, xxxix. 23, 25, xliii. 18, 19.
  3. ^ Chase, p. 112.
  4. ^ CIL X, 5291.
  5. ^ Bitto, Le Iscrizioni Greche e Latine di Messina, 16.
  6. ^ CIL IX, 6637.
  7. ^ AE 1934, 52.

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