The gens Albinia was a
plebeian
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Etymology
The precise origins of ...
family at
Rome during the early centuries of the
Republic
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. The first member of this
gens
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to achieve prominence was
Lucius Albinius Paterculus
The gens Albinia was a plebeian family at Rome during the early centuries of the Republic. The first member of this gens to achieve prominence was Lucius Albinius Paterculus, one of the first men to hold the office of tribune of the plebs, after ...
, one of the first men to hold the office of
tribune of the plebs, after it was created in 494 BC.
Origin
The
nomen ''Albinia'' is probably derived from the
cognomen ''Albinus'', a lengthened form of ''Albus'', meaning "white" or "whitish".
Praenomina
The Albinii are known to have used the
praenomina ''
Lucius,
Gaius'', and ''
Marcus Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to:
* Marcus (name), a masculine given name
* Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name
Places
* Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44
* MărcuÅŸ, a village in DobârlÄ ...
''.
Branches and cognomina
The only
cognomen associated with the Albinii is ''Paterculus'', a diminutive of ''pater'', which may be translated as "little father", "uncle", or "daddy".
Members
* Gaius Albinius, father of the tribune of 494 BC.
*
Lucius Albinius C. f. Paterculus,
tribune of the plebs in 494 BC.
*
Lucius Albinius, helped carry the priests and
Vestals from Rome to
Caere before the
Gallic sack of Rome in 390 BC.
* Marcus Albinius,
military tribune with consular power
A consular tribune was putatively a type of magistrate in the early Roman Republic. According to Roman tradition, colleges of consular tribunes held office throughout the fifth and fourth centuries BC during the so-called "Conflict of the Or ...
in 379 BC.
[ Titus Livius, '']Ab Urbe Condita
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'' iv. 30.
See also
*
List of Roman gentes
References
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