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The gens Farsuleia was an obscure
plebeian In ancient Rome, the plebeians (also called plebs) were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words " commoners". Both classes were hereditary. Etymology The precise origins of ...
family at
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, known chiefly from coins and inscriptions, dating from the final decades of the
Republic A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
and imperial times. None of its members held any of the higher magistracies of the Roman state.


Praenomina

For the most part, the Farsulei seem to have used common praenomina, such as '' Lucius,
Quintus Quintus is a male given name derived from '' Quintus'', a common Latin forename (''praenomen'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Quintus derives from Latin word ''quintus'', meaning "fifth". Quintus is an English masculine given name and ...
'', 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 ...
''. However, one family living at
Cerrione Cerrione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Cerrione borders the following municipalities: Borriana, Magnano, Roppolo, Salussola, ...
in Cisalpine Gaul used such exotic names as ''Niger, Primus'', and ''Tertius''; this seems to have been the habit of the country.


Members

* Lucius Farsuleius Mensor, ''
triumvir monetalis The ''triumvir monetalis'' ( ''tresviri'' or ''triumviri monetales'', also called the , abbreviated IIIVIR A. A. A. F. F.) was a moneyer during the Roman Republic and the Empire, who oversaw the minting of coins. In that role, he would be respons ...
'' in 75 BC, known from a coin depicting
Libertas Libertas (Latin for 'liberty' or 'freedom', ) is the Roman goddess and personification of liberty. She became a politicised figure in the Late Republic, featured on coins supporting the populares faction, and later those of the assassins of Jul ...
and a pileus, perhaps alluding to the restoration of the powers of the
tribunate Tribune () was the title of various elected officials in ancient Rome. The two most important were the tribunes of the plebs and the military tribunes. For most of Roman history, a college of ten tribunes of the plebs acted as a check on the ...
that year.Eckhel, vol. v., p. 212.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. II, p. 1044 ("Lucius Farsuleius Mensor"). * Gaius Farsuleius Strabo, the son of Ptolomaïs, was a soldier in the third legion. He died at the age of twenty-five, having served four years, and was buried at
Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...
. * Quintus Farsuleius Hesper, buried at Rome. * Farsuleia, a freedwoman buried at Rome, together with Gaius Farsuleius Ctetus, a freedman.. * Gaius Farsuleius Ctetus, a freedman buried at Rome, together with Farsuleia, a freedwoman. * Lucius Farsuleius Niceros Fuscus, buried at Rome, together with his sister, Theophila, and mother, Martha.. * Theophila Farsuleia, buried at Rome, together with her brother, Lucius, and mother, Martha. * Lucius Farsuleius Cerdo, buried at Rome, together with his freedwoman, Thalassa. * Quintus Farsuleius Philocalus, buried his son, Cleobus, at Rome, aged one year, eleven months, seven days. * Quintus Farsuleius Capriolus, buried at Rome. * Farsuleius Isidorus, mentioned in a funerary inscription from Rome. * Quintus Farsuleius, named in a fragmentary inscription from Rome. * Lucius Farsuleius Rufinus, the father of Marcellinus.. * Lucius Farsuleius L. f. Marcellinus, buried at Thubursicu Numidarum, in Africa Proconsularis, with his wife, Gellia. * Farsuleius, buried at Castellum Arsacalitanum, in
Numidia Numidia ( Berber: ''Inumiden''; 202–40 BC) was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians located in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up modern-day Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunis ...
, aged forty. * Lucius Farsuleius Faustus, buried at
Cirta Cirta, also known by various other names in antiquity, was the ancient Berber and Roman settlement which later became Constantine, Algeria. Cirta was the capital city of the Berber kingdom of Numidia; its strategically important port city w ...
, in Numidia, aged fourteen. * Sextus Farsuleius, named in an inscription from Capena in Etruria. * Gaius Farsuleius Terentius, buried in the district of
Satzvey Mechernich (, ksh, Meischernisch) is a town in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the "Naturpark Nordeifel" in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west of Euskirchen and ...
in the town of
Mechernich Mechernich (, ksh, Meischernisch) is a town in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the "Naturpark Nordeifel" in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west of Euskirchen a ...
, formerly part of Germania Inferior. * Publius Farsuleius, the father of Niger.. * Niger Farsuleius P. f., named in an inscription from
Cerrione Cerrione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Cerrione borders the following municipalities: Borriana, Magnano, Roppolo, Salussola, ...
, formerly part of
Cisalpine Gaul Cisalpine Gaul ( la, Gallia Cisalpina, also called ''Gallia Citerior'' or ''Gallia Togata'') was the part of Italy inhabited by Celts (Gauls) during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. After its conquest by the Roman Republic in the 200s BC it was con ...
. * Tertius Farsuleius, the father of Primus.. * Primus Farsuleius Terti f., named in an inscription from Cerrione. * Marcellus Farsuleius, buried at Cerrione. * Titus Farsuleius, built a monument to his brother, a soldier in the fifteenth legion, who was buried at
Carnuntum Carnuntum ( according to Ptolemy) was a Roman legionary fortress ( la, castra legionis) and headquarters of the Roman navy, Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became ...
in
Pannonia Superior Pannonia Superior, lit. Upper Pannonia, was a province of the Roman Empire. Its capital was Carnuntum. It was one on the border provinces on the Danube. It was formed in the year 103 AD by Emperor Trajan who divided the former province of Pannon ...
, aged twenty-five. * Farsuleius C. f., named in an inscription from Gröblach in Maria Saal, formerly part of
Noricum Noricum () is the Latin name for the Celts, Celtic kingdom or federation of tribes that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia. In the first century AD, it became a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire. Its borders were th ...
. * Lucius Farsuleius Felix, of Carthage, a soldier in the second legion, serving at Nicopolis during the reign of
Hadrian Hadrian (; la, Caesar Trâiānus Hadriānus ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born in Italica (close to modern Santiponce in Spain), a Roman ''municipium'' founded by Italic settlers in Hispania B ...
..


Footnotes


See also

* List of Roman gentes


References


Bibliography

* Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, ''Doctrina Numorum Veterum'' (The Study of Ancient Coins, 1792–1798). * ''
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, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849). *
Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th cent ...
''et alii'', ''
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum The ''Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum'' (''CIL'') is a comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions. It forms an authoritative source for documenting the surviving epigraphy of classical antiquity. Public and personal inscriptions throw ...
'' (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated ''CIL''), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present). *
René Cagnat René Cagnat (10 October 1852 – 27 March 1937) was a French historian, a specialist of Latin epigraphy and history of North Africa during Antiquity. Biography On the death of his father, Léon Renier, a friend of the family, supported his ed ...
''et alii'', '' L'Année épigraphique'' (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated ''AE''), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present). *
T. P. Wiseman Timothy Peter Wiseman (born 3 February 1940), who usually publishes as T. P. Wiseman and is named as Peter Wiseman in other sources, is a classical scholar and professor emeritus of the University of Exeter. He has published numerous books ...
,
The Census in the First Century B.C.
, in ''
The Journal of Roman Studies The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (The Roman Society) was founded in 1910 as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. The Society is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for those intereste ...
'', Vol. 59, No. 1/2 (1969), pp. 59–75. * Michael Crawford, ''Roman Republican Coinage'', Cambridge University Press (1974, 2001). {{DEFAULTSORT:Farsuleia (gens) Roman gentes