Gegania (priestess)

	Gegania (priestess) Gegania may refer to: * Gegania (gens), a patrician family of Ancient Rome * ''Gegania'' (ancient Roman woman), wife of Servius Tullius * ''Gegania'' (priestess), a Vestal Virgin * ''Gegania'' (gastropod), a synonym of ''Tuba'', a genus of sea gastropods of the family Mathildidae * ''Gegania'' (crater), a crater on 4 Vesta, see List of geological features on Vesta This is a list of named geological features, of various kinds, on asteroid 4 Vesta.Target: Vesta Gazetteer of P ... {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gegania (gens) The gens Gegania was an old patrician family at ancient Rome, which was prominent from the earliest period of the Republic to the middle of the fourth century BC. The first of this gens to obtain the consulship was Titus Geganius Macerinus in 492 BC. The gens fell into obscurity even before the Samnite Wars, and is not mentioned again by Roman historians until the final century of the Republic.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. II, p. 233 ("Gegania Gens"). Origin The Geganii claimed to be descended from Gyas, who accompanied Aeneas to Italy. They were said to be one of the noblest families of the Alban aristocracy, and were incorporated into the Roman state after that city's destruction by Tullus Hostilius. However, according to Plutarch, even before this a Gegania is supposed to have been one of the first Vestal Virgins, appointed by Numa Pompilius. Elsewhere, Plutarch describes a Gegania who was the wife of Servius Tullius, although Dionysius ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Servius Tullius Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty. He reigned from 578 to 535 BC. Roman and Greek sources describe his servile origins and later marriage to a daughter of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Rome's first Etruscan king, who was assassinated in 579 BC. The constitutional basis for his accession is unclear; he is variously described as the first Roman king to accede without election by the Senate, having gained the throne by popular and royal support; and as the first to be elected by the Senate alone, with support of the reigning queen but without recourse to a popular vote. Several traditions describe Servius' father as divine. Livy depicts Servius' mother as a captured Latin princess enslaved by the Romans; her child is chosen as Rome's future king after a ring of fire is seen around his head. The Emperor Claudius discounted such origins and described him as an originally Etruscan mercenary, named Mastarna, who fought for Caeliu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Vestal Virgin In ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins or Vestals ( la, Vestālēs, singular ) were priestesses of Vesta, virgin goddess of Rome's sacred hearth and its flame. The Vestals were unlike any other public priesthood. They were chosen before puberty from a number of suitable candidates, freed from any legal ties and obligations to their birth family, and enrolled in Vesta's priestly college of six priestesses. They were supervised by a senior vestal but chosen and governed by Rome's leading male priest, the ; in the Imperial era, this meant the emperor. Successful acolytes vowed to serve Vesta for at least thirty years, to study and practise her rites in service of the Roman State, and to maintain their chastity throughout. As well as their obligations on behalf of Rome, Vestals had extraordinary rights and privileges, some of which were granted to no others, male or female. The Vestals took it in turns to supervise Vesta's hearth, so that at least one Vestal was stationed there at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mathildidae Mathildidae is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Mathildoidea of the informal group of the Lower Heterobranchia.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Mathildidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23070 on 2012-06-29 Genera Genera within the family Mathildidae include: * '' Brookesena'' Finlay, 1926 * '' Mathilda'' Semper, 1865 * ''Tuba'' Lea, 1833 * '' Turritellopsis'' G. O. Sars, 1878 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Eucharilda'' Iredale, 1929: synonym of ''Mathilda'' Semper, 1865 * ''Fimbriatella'' Sacco, 1895: synonym of ''Mathilda'' Semper, 1865 * ''Gegania'' Jeffreys, 1884: synonym of ''Tuba The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the ne ...'' Lea, 1833 * ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]