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Vatinia gens

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The gens Vatinia, also spelled Vatiena or Vaciena, was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. The best-known member of this gens was Publius Vatinius, one of Caesar's allies, who attained the consulship in 47 BC.[1]

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The nomen Vatinius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from cognomina ending in -inus.[2] The form Vatienus may represent a separate gens derived from Vatinius, as the ending -enus is typical of gentilicia formed from other nomina,[3] although in some instances the names may have become confused. The etymology of these names is uncertain, but they might be connected with the surname Vatius, originally referring to someone with bow-legs.[2]

Members

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References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, pp. 1233–1235 ("Vatinius", Nos. 1–3).
  2. ^ a b Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", pp. 125, 126.
  3. ^ Chase, p. 118.
  4. ^ Cicero, De Natura Deorum, ii. 2, iii. 5.
  5. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 1233 ("Vatinius", No. 1).
  6. ^ a b Marek, Greek and Latin Inscriptions, p. 39.
  7. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, pp. 1233–1235 ("Vatinius", No. 2).
  8. ^ Broughton, vol. II, pp. 168, 177, 190, 199, 205, 213, 216, 245, 253, 270, 282, 283, 286, 293, 310, 330, 331, 350, 363.
  9. ^ Tacitus, Annales, xv. 34; Historiae, i. 37; Dialogus de Oratoribus, 11.
  10. ^ Cassius Dio, lxiii. 15.
  11. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 1235 ("Vatinius", No. 3).
  12. ^ Sauvunen, Women in the Urban Texture of Pompeii, p. 44.

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