Calidia gens

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Monument of Titus Calidius Severus.

The gens Calidia or Callidia was a Roman family during the final century of the Republic. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was , tribune of the plebs in 99 and praetor in 79 B.C.[1]

Origin of the gens[]

The nomen Calidius is probably derived from the Latin adjective calidus, which may be translated as "warm, hot, fiery," or "passionate".[2]

Praenomina used by the gens[]

The earlier Calidii are known to have used the praenomina Quintus, Gnaeus, and Marcus. Under the Empire the names Publius and Titus are also found.[1][3]

Branches and cognomina of the gens[]

The Calidii of the Republic are not known to have been divided into families. In imperial times, a family of this gens bore the surname Severus.[3]

Members of the gens[]

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
  • Marcus Calidius, triumvir monetalis in 117 or 116 BC. He was probably the father of Quintus Calidius, the praetor of 79 BC.[4]
  • Gnaeus Calidius, an influential eques in Sicily, who was robbed of his silver by Verres. Calidius' son was a judge and Roman senator.[5]
  • , tribune of the plebs in 99 and praetor in 79 BC.
  • , praetor in 57 BC, a celebrated orator and contemporary of Cicero.
  • Publius Calidius Severus, father of Titus Calidius, the soldier.
  • Titus Calidius P. f. Severus, an optio of the fifteenth legion, perhaps during the latter half of the first century AD.[3]
  • Quintus Calidius P. f. Severus, brother of Titus Calidius, the soldier, in whose memory he erected a monument at Carnuntum.[3]

See also[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
  2. ^ D.P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin & English Dictionary (1963).
  3. ^ a b c d Monument of Titus Calidius Severus.
  4. ^ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 300.
  5. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Verrem, iv. 20.

Bibliography[]

  • Michael Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge University Press (1974, 2001).
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Calidius". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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