The gens Peducaea, occasionally written Paeducaea or Peducea, was a plebeian family at

ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC ...

. Members of this gens occur in history from the end of the second century BC, and from then to the time of

Antoninus Pius Antoninus Pius ( Latin: ''Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius''; 19 September 86 – 7 March 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors from the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Born into a senatori ...

, they steadily increased in prominence. The first of the Peducaii to obtain the

consulship A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...

was

Titus Peducaeus Titus Peducaeus (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman senator who was appointed suffect consul in 35 BC. Biography Peducaeus was a member of a late Republican senatorial family, but much of Peducaeus’ career is unclear. Confusion in the sources mea ...

in 35 BC.Broughton, vol. II, p. 406.

Origin

The gentile-forming suffix occurs in a number of

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

names, many of which seem to be of

Oscan Oscan is an extinct Indo-European language of southern Italy. The language is in the Osco-Umbrian or Sabellic branch of the Italic languages. Oscan is therefore a close relative of Umbrian. Oscan was spoken by a number of tribes, including ...

Umbri The Umbri were an Italic people of ancient Italy. A region called Umbria still exists and is now occupied by Italian speakers. It is somewhat smaller than the ancient Umbria. Most ancient Umbrian cities were settled in the 9th-4th centuries BC on ...

an origin, and cognate to the more regular endings ''-eius'' and ''-aius'', both of which were sometimes reduced to ''-ius'' in Latin. The ending seems to be derived from nominative forms ending in ''-aes'', which was typical of the Umbri, as well as the

Paeligni The Paeligni or Peligni were an Italic tribe who lived in the Valle Peligna, in what is now Abruzzo, central Italy. History The Paeligni are first mentioned as a member of a confederacy that included the Marsi, Marrucini, and Vestini, with which ...

, an Oscan-speaking people.

Praenomina

The main

praenomina The ''praenomen'' (; plural: ''praenomina'') was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the ''dies lustricus'' (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the birt ...

of the Peducaei were ''

Sextus Sextus is an ancient Roman '' praenomen'' or "first name". Its standard abbreviation is Sex., and the feminine form would be Sexta. It is one of the numeral ''praenomina'', like Quintus ("fifth") and Decimus ("tenth"), and means "sixth". Althoug ...

'', ''

Titus Titus Caesar Vespasianus ( ; 30 December 39 – 13 September 81 AD) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death. Before becoming emperor, Titus gained renown as a mili ...

'', and ''

Lucius Lucius ( el, Λούκιος ''Loukios''; ett, Luvcie) is a male given name derived from '' Lucius'' (abbreviated ''L.''), one of the small group of common Latin forenames ('' praenomina'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius derives from ...

'', all of which were common throughout Roman history. There are also several instances of the common praenomina ''

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 P ...

'' and '' Quintus''. Other names occur infrequently.

Members

* Sextus Peducaeus,

tribune of the plebs Tribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune ( la, tribunus plebis) was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians, and was, throughout the history of the Republic, the most important check on the power o ...

in 113 BC, reopened an investigation into a charge of '' incestum'' (unchastity) made against three of the

Vestal Virgins 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 ...

, who had been acquitted by the

College of Pontiffs The College of Pontiffs ( la, Collegium Pontificum; see ''collegium'') was a body of the ancient Roman state whose members were the highest-ranking priests of the state religion. The college consisted of the '' pontifex maximus'' and the other '' ...

. He had

Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla was a Roman politician. He served as consul in 127 BC and censor at the following lustrum in 125 BC. His first recorded office was that of tribune of the plebs in 137 BC. As a tribune of the plebs, he ...

appointed to head the inquiry, which led to the execution of two of the accused. * Titus Peducaeus, named in the ''Fasti Urbisalvienses'' between the consuls and the

censors Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...

of 102 BC, but his magistracy is not preserved. * Sextus Peducaeus, probably

praetor Praetor ( , ), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected '' magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to discharge vari ...

in 77 BC, and

propraetor In ancient Rome a promagistrate ( la, pro magistratu) was an ex-consul or ex-praetor whose ''imperium'' (the power to command an army) was extended at the end of his annual term of office or later. They were called proconsuls and propraetors. Thi ...

Sicilia (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

from 76 to 75 BC.

Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the esta ...

served as his quaestor, and speaks highly of his integrity, which he contrasts with the corruption and rapacity of his successor,

Verres Gaius Verres (c. 120–43 BC) was a Roman magistrate, notorious for his misgovernment of Sicily. His extortion of local farmers and plundering of temples led to his prosecution by Cicero, whose accusations were so devastating that his defence adv ...

, who had cultivated Peducaeus' friendship. * Sextus Peducaeus Sex. f., a close friend of both Atticus and

. In 48 BC, during the

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, an ...

appointed Peducaeus governor of

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

. He was propraetor in Spain in 40. * Gaius Peducaeus Sex. f., afterward Gaius Curtius Peducaeanus, probably the younger son of the propraetor to whom Cicero was quaestor, was adopted by Gaius Curtius. He was

in 50 BC. * Lucius Peducaeus, assisted in the defense of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, which Cicero had undertaken, in 54 BC. * Gaius Peducaeus, a

legate Legate may refer to: *Legatus, a higher ranking general officer of the Roman army drawn from among the senatorial class :*Legatus Augusti pro praetore, a provincial governor in the Roman Imperial period *A member of a legation *A representative, ...

under the consul Gaius Vibius Pansa in 43 BC. He fell at the Battle of Mutina. *

, consul ''suffectus ex Kal. Sept.'' in 35 BC. * Lucius Peducaeus Fronto, a

procurator Procurator (with procuracy or procuratorate referring to the office itself) may refer to: * Procurator, one engaged in procuration, the action of taking care of, hence management, stewardship, agency * ''Procurator'' (Ancient Rome), the title o ...

at Ephesus in Asia during the reign of

Tiberius Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...

. * Lucius Peducaeus Colo(nus?), ''

praefectus ''Praefectus'', often with a further qualification, was the formal title of many, fairly low to high-ranking, military or civil officials in the Roman Empire, whose authority was not embodied in their person (as it was with elected Magistrates) but ...

'' of Roman Egypt in AD 70. * Marcus Peducaeus Saenianus, consul ''suffectus ex Kal. Mai.'' in AD 89, served until the Kalends of September.''

Fasti Potentini The ''Fasti Potentini'' are a fragmentary list of Roman consuls from AD 86 to 118, originally erected at Potenza, Potentia in Lucania, a region of southern Italy. Together with similar inscriptions, such as the ''Fasti Capitolini'' and ''Fasti Tr ...

'', .''PIR'', vol. III, p. 21.Gallivan, "The ''Fasti'' for A.D. 70–96", p. 191. * Quintus Peducaeus Priscinus, consul in AD 93, from the beginning of the year to the Kalends of March.''Fasti Ostienses'', . *

Marcus Peducaeus Priscinus Marcus Peducaeus Priscinus was a Roman senator of the second century. He was ordinary consul in the year 110 with Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus as his colleague. Priscinus is primarily known from inscriptions. Priscinus came from ...

, consul in AD 110, and afterward

proconsul A proconsul was an official of ancient Rome who acted on behalf of a consul. A proconsul was typically a former consul. The term is also used in recent history for officials with delegated authority. In the Roman Republic, military command, or ...

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

. * Marcus Peducaeus M. f. Stloga Priscinus, consul in AD 141, and subsequently proconsul of Asia. * Peducaeus Marcianus, served in a company of archers, according to a

military diploma A Roman military diploma was a document inscribed in bronze certifying that the holder was honourably discharged from the Roman armed forces and/or had received the grant of Roman citizenship from the emperor as reward for service. The diploma ...

dating to AD 160. * Peducaeus Diodorus, named in an inscription from Ostia, dating from AD 165. * Marcus Peducaeus M. f. M. n. Plautius Quintillus, consul in AD 177 with his brother-in-law, the future emperor Commodus. He was the adopted son of Stloga Priscinus, and exercised tremendous influence over

Septimius Severus Lucius Septimius Severus (; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary suc ...

, who at last ordered his death ''circa'' AD 203. * Peducaea, mentioned in an inscription at Amiternum in Sabinum. * Peducaea, the wife of Eutyches, buried at Rome.''NSA'', 1922, 421. * Peducaea, buried at

Tibur Tivoli ( , ; la, Tibur) is a town and in Lazio, central Italy, north-east of Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine hills. The city offers a wide view over the Roman Campagna. History Gaius Julius Solinu ...

Latium Latium ( , ; ) is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire. Definition Latium was originally a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil ( Old Latium) on w ...

. * Peducaeus, brother of Ateula Malussa, named in an inscription from

Lugdunum Lugdunum (also spelled Lugudunum, ; modern Lyon, France) was an important Roman city in Gaul, established on the current site of Lyon. The Roman city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus, but continued an existing Gallic settle ...

. * Peduceus, buried at Albanum in Latium, aged twenty-one.''AlbLaz'', p 66, 22. * Gaius Peducaeus C. f., son of one of the

Augustales The Sodales or Sacerdotes Augustales (''singular'' Sodalis or Sacerdos Augustalis), or simply Augustales,Tacitus, ''Annales'' 1.54 were an order ('' sodalitas'') of Roman priests originally instituted by Tiberius to attend to the maintenance of t ...

, buried at Rome. * Lucius Peduceus, named in a funerary inscription from Albanum. * Quintus Peducaeus P. f., an augur, named in an inscription from

Spoletium Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome. History Spolet ...

in Umbria. * Quintus Peducaeus St. f., named in an inscription from

Nursia Norcia (), traditionally known in English by its Latin name of Nursia (), is a town and comune in the province of Perugia (Italy) in southeastern Umbria. Unlike many ancient towns, it is located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a su ...

Samnium Samnium ( it, Sannio) is a Latin exonym for a region of Southern Italy anciently inhabited by the Samnites. Their own endonyms were ''Safinim'' for the country (attested in one inscription and one coin legend) and ''Safineis'' for the The ...

.. * Titus Peducaeus, dedicated a monument at

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the ca ...

to Appaea Pia. * Titus Peducaeus St. f., named in an inscription from Nursia. * Titus Peducaeus T. l., named in an inscription from Rome. * Sextus Peducaeus Sex. Cn. Petroni l. Anteros, freedman of Sextus and Gnaeus Petronius, buried at Rome. * Lucius Peducaeus Apollinaris, buried at

Sulci Sulci or Sulki (in Greek , Steph. B., Ptol.; , Strabo; , Paus.), was one of the most considerable cities of ancient Sardinia, situated in the southwest corner of the island, on a small island, now called Isola di Sant'Antioco, which is, how ...

in Sardinia. * Publius Peducaeus Boletanus, buried at Aquileia in the province of

Venetia and Histria Venetia et Histria (Latin: ''Regio X Venetia et Histria'') was an administrative subdivision in the northeast of Roman Italy. It was originally created by Augustus as the tenth ''regio'' in 7 AD alongside the nine other ''regiones''. The region h ...

, aged thirty. * Lucius Peducaeus Charito, husband of Aurunceia Felicula, to whom he dedicated a monument at

Interamna Nahars Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...

in Umbria. * Peducaea T. l. Daphne, a freedwoman buried at Rome, was the wife of Titus Peducaeus Faustus.. * Sextus Peducaeus Dio, named in an inscription from Rome. * Sextus Peducaeus Dionysius, a bookseller buried at Rome. * Sextus Peducaeus Dionysius, husband of Baebia Delphis, to whom he dedicated a monument at Tibur. * Peducaea T. Ↄ. l. Epangellusa, freed as a young girl, and buried at Rome, aged ten. * Peducaea Ephire, named in an inscription from

Venusia Venosa ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Ginestra, Lavello, Maschito, Montemilone, Palazzo San Gerva ...

, dating from the middle of the first century to the middle of the second.. * Sextus Peducaeus Sex. l. Eutyches, a freedman buried at

Mutina Modena (, , ; egl, label= Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. A town, and seat ...

in northern Italy. * Peducaea Fausta, named in an inscription from Rome, dating to the first century. * Titus Peducaeus T. l. Faustus, a freedman buried at Rome, was the husband of Peducaea Daphne. * Lucius Peducaeus Felix, dedicated a monument at Rome to his sister, Peducaea Tyche.. * Peducaea Festa, according to an inscription from Rome, gave a pot to the singing teacher Gaius Julius Coscus. * Titus Peducaeus T. f. Florus, buried at Rome, aged twenty-one. * Peducaea Fortunata, dedicated a monument at Rome to her son, Gaius Julius Felix, aged six years, ten months, and seven days. * Peducaea Galatia, wife of Titus Paeducaeus Oriens, buried at Ostia.''ZPE'', 81, 237. * Peducaea Graptusa, buried at Rome, aged two years, nine months, and fifteen days. * Sextus Peducaeus Hecticus, named in an inscription from Venusia. * Peducaea Hellas, buried at Rome. * Sextus Peducaeus Sex. f. Herophilus, donated to the cult of

Isis Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kin ...

and

Serapis Serapis or Sarapis is a Graeco-Egyptian deity. The cult of Serapis was promoted during the third century BC on the orders of Greek Pharaoh Ptolemy I Soter of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in his r ...

at Anticaria in

Hispania Baetica Hispania Baetica, often abbreviated Baetica, was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula). Baetica was bordered to the west by Lusitania, and to the northeast by Hispania Tarraconensis. Baetica remained one of the basic di ...

. * Peducaea Sex. l. Hilara, a freedwoman, built a tomb at Mutina for herself and Sextus Peducaeus Hilarus.. * Sextus Peducaeus Sex. l. Hilarus, buried at Mutina in a tomb built by Peducaea Hilara. * Paeducaeus Ingenuus, buried at Rome. * Peducaea Irene, buried at Rome. * Sextus Peducaeus Jucundus, one of the Augustales, named in an inscription from Venusia. * Lucia Peducaea Juliana, wife of Lucius Nonius Verus, buried at Mutina, aged thirteen years, forty-seven days, having been married five months and twenty days. * Peducaea Lesche, buried at Rome, aged, twenty-two. * Gaius Peducaeus Marcellus, buried at the present site of Decimoputzu in Sardinia, aged three years, five months, six days. * Peducaea Musa, buried at Albanum. * Lucius Paeducaeus Natalis,

patron Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings, popes, and the wealthy have provided to artists su ...

of Paeducaea Zmyrina, buried at Rome, aged eighty years, nine months, and twenty days.. * Titus Peducaeus Oriens, the husband of Peducaea Galatia, to whom he dedicated a monument at Ostia. * Peducaea Saturnina, dedicated a monument at Rome to her husband, Lucius Aemilius Cleobulus, buried at Rome, aged forty-four. * Lucius Peducaeus Saturninus, husband of Peducaea Severina, named in an inscription from the Alban Hills.. * Peducaea Severa, named in an inscription from Rome. * Peducaea Severina, wife of Lucius Peducaeus Saturninus, named in an inscription from the Alban Hills. * Titus Peducaeus T. f. Severus, buried at Rome, aged eight. * Peducaea Q. f. Sextia, daughter of Quintus Peducaeus Spes, wife of the

flamen A (plural ''flamens'' or ''flamines'') was a priest of the ancient Roman religion who was assigned to one of eighteen deities with official cults during the Roman Republic. The most important of these were the three (or "major priests"), who ser ...

Carthage Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the cla ...

, dedicated a monument at the present site of Choud el Batel, formerly part of Africa Proconsularis, to her son, Longeius.. * Quintus Peducaeus Spes, father of Peducaea, the flamen's wife. * Peducaea Q. f. Tertia, named in an inscription from

Arretium Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. ...

in Etruria.. * Peducaea Tyche, sister of Lucius Peducaeus Felix, buried at Rome, aged twenty-six years, sixteen days. * Paeducaea Zmyrina, client of Lucius Paeducaeus Natalis, to whom she dedicated a monument at Rome.

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L'Année épigraphique ''L'Année épigraphique'' (''The Epigraphic Year'', standard abbreviation ''AE'') is a French publication on epigraphy (i.e the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing). It was set up by René Cagnat, as holder of the chair of 'Epigraphy an ...

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