Octavena gens
The gens Octavena was an obscure plebeian family at Rome. The gens is known primarily from a single individual, the jurist Octavenus, cited by a number of later authorities, although several other Octaveni are known from inscriptions.[1]
Members[]
- Octavenus, a jurist, who probably lived in the mid-first century AD. He is cited by a number of authorities, including Valens, Pomponius, Paulus, and Ulpian.[2][1][3]
- Titus Octavenus Gratus, a freedman and manufacturer of roof tiles dating to AD 123, found at several towns in Italy.[4]
- Quintus Octavenus Hymnus, named in an inscription from Hispania Citerior.[5]
- Octavena Pia, named in an inscription from Ostia.[6]
- Octavenus Pius, named in an inscription from Ostia.[7]
- Caninia Octavena, buried at Cirta in Numidia, aged twenty-seven years, three months.[8]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 3 ("Octavenus").
- ^ Digesta, 2 tit. 1. s. 9; 5 tit. 3. s. 16, 18; 36 tit. 1. s. 67; 40 tit. 5. s. 20.
- ^ PIR, vol. II, p. 424.
- ^ CIL XV, 464,1, CIL XV, 464,2, CIL XV, 464,3, CIL XV, 464,4, CIL XV, 464,5.
- ^ CIL II, 6259,13.
- ^ Bloch, No. 349.
- ^ Bloch, No. 350.
- ^ CIL VIII, 7271.
Bibliography[]
- Digesta seu Pandectae (The Digest).
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
- Theodor Mommsen et alii, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated CIL), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
- Paul von Rohden, Elimar Klebs, & Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated PIR), Berlin (1898).
- Herbert Bloch, "Supplement to volume XV.1 of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum", Harvard University Press (1948).
Categories:
- Roman gentes