Viria gens
The gens Viria was a Roman family of the second and third centuries, possibly of northern Italian origin. The first member to ascend the cursus honorum was Virius Lupus. It is possible that the family was elevated to Patrician status around that same time. The family's influence appears to have culminated in the third century.[1][2]
Members[]
- (Lucius) Virius Lupus, consul suffectus some time before AD 196, legatus Augusti pro praetore of Germania Inferior c. 196, Governor of Britannia in 197[1][3]
- , consul ordinarius in AD 230[1]
- Lucius Virius Lupus Iulianus, sevir equitum Romanorum (cavalry commander), triumvir capitalis (prison manager), legatus proconsulis in Lycia et Pamphylia, consul ordinarius in AD 232, legatus Augusti pro praetore of Coele Syria[1]
- Virius Lupus, consul suffectus sometime before AD 275, consularis of Caelimontium, curator of Laurentum, praeses of Coele Syria, later governor in 260s, governor of Asia, iudici sacrarum cognition of Egypt, pontifex dei solis, consul in 278
- (Lucius) Virius Orfitus, consul in AD 270, praefectus urbi 273/274[1][4]
- Virius Nepotianus, consul in 301 AD.
- Virius Nepotianus, consul in 336 AD.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Mennen, Inge (2011-04-26). Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284. BRILL. pp. 130–134. doi:10.1163/ej.9789004203594.i-306. ISBN 978-90-04-20359-4.
- ^ M., Jones, Arnold H. (1971). The prosopography of the later Roman empire. Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 522. ISBN 0-521-07233-6. OCLC 246023521.
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Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Lupus, Virius". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 2. p. 841.
- ^ Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Orfitus No. 11". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 3. p. 44.
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