The ''gens Consentia'' was a family at
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, which first appears toward the end of the fourth century A.D.
Members of the gens
* Consentius, a poet praised by
Sidonius Apollinaris. He married a daughter of the consul Jovianus. He, his son, or his grandson may be the same as the grammarian Publius Consentius.
* Consentius, son of the poet, rose to high honour under
Valentinian III, by whom he was named ''
Comes Palatii
A count palatine (Latin ''comes palatinus''), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German ''Pfalzgraf''), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an ord ...
'' and dispatched upon an important mission to
Theodosius II. He may be the same as the grammarian Publius Consentius.
['']Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 p ...
'', William Smith, Editor.
* Consentius, grandson of the poet, and likewise praised by
Sidonius Apollinaris, devoted himself to literary leisure and the enjoyments of a rural life.
*
Publius Consentius, a Latin grammarian, and author of two treatises that are still extant. He is generally thought to be identical with the poet Consentius, his son, or his grandson, but it is not certain which.
[ Johann Albert Fabricius, ''Bibliotheca Latina Mediae et Infimae Aetatis'', vol. iii, p. 745.]
See also
*
List of Roman gentes
References
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Roman gentes