Cocceia gens

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The gens Cocceia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The gens is first mentioned towards the latter end of the Republic, and is best known as the family to which the emperor Nerva belonged.[1]

Origin of the gens[]

According to Syme, the Cocceii came from Umbria.[2]

Praenomina used by the gens[]

The Cocceii used the praenomina Marcus, Lucius, Sextus, and Gaius, of which Marcus was favored by the Cocceii Nervae.[1][3]

Branches and cognomina of the gens[]

The only family of the Cocceii known under the late Republic bore the cognomen Nerva. A number of personal cognomina were borne by other members of the gens, including Auctus, Balbus, Genialis, Justus, Nepos, Nigrinus, Proculus, Rufinus, and Verus.[3]

Members of the gens[]

Cocceii Nervae[]

  • Lucius Cocceius Nerva, brought about the reconciliation of Marcus Antonius and Octavianus in 40 B.C.; possibly the same person as Marcus Cocceius Nerva, consul in 36 B.C.[4]
  • Marcus Cocceius Nerva, consul in 36 B.C.
  • Marcus Cocceius (M. f.) Nerva, a friend of Tiberius, learned in the law, on which he wrote several books, now lost. He was the grandfather of the emperor Nerva.
  • , otherwise known as Nerva filius, son of the jurist, in whose footsteps he followed, and father of the emperor.
  • Marcus Cocceius M. f. M. n. Nerva, emperor from A.D. 96 to 98.
  • , sister of emperor Nerva, and wife of Titianus

Others[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
  2. ^ Syme, Ronald, The Roman Revolution (1939), pg. 200
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft.
  4. ^ Appianus, Bellum Civile, v. 60, ff.

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