The gens Foslia, later Folia, was a
patrician family at
ancient Rome
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. The first of the gens to appear in history was
Marcus Foslius Flaccinator,
consular tribune
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 433 BC.
['']Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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'', William Smith, Editor.
Praenomina used
The only praenomina known to have been used by the Foslii are ''
Marcus'' and ''
Gaius
Gaius, sometimes spelled ''Gajus'', Kaius, Cajus, Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen).
People
*Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist
*Gaius Acilius
*Gaius Antonius
*Gaius Antonius Hybrida
*Gaius Asinius Gallus
*Gaius Asinius Pol ...
''.
Branches and cognomina
The only family name of the Foslia gens appearing in history was ''Flaccinator.'' This family was extinct at an early date.
Members
*
Marcus Foslius Flaccinator, ''
tribunus militum consulari potestate'' in 433 BC.
* Marcus Foslius Flaccinator, grandfather of the consul of 318 BC.
* Gaius Foslius M. f. Flaccinator, father of the consul of 318 BC.
*
Marcus Foslius C. f. M. n. Flaccinator,
magister equitum
The , in English Master of the Horse or Master of the Cavalry, was a Roman magistrate appointed as lieutenant to a dictator. His nominal function was to serve as commander of the Roman cavalry in time of war, but just as a dictator could be nomi ...
in 320 BC, he and the dictator
Gaius Maenius were accused of conspiring against the
Republic
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, and resigned, but were acquitted by the
consuls
A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people ...
. Foslius was consul in 318, and was nominated magister equitum a second time in 314. The details of his service differ between Livy and the consular fasti.
Titus Livius
Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in ...
, ''Ab Urbe Condita
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'' ix. 20, 26, 28.
See also
*
List of Roman gentes
References
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Roman gentes