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The gens Tettia, sometimes written Tetteia, was a minor
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 ancient Rome. Members of this
gens In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same Roman naming conventions#Nomen, nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a ''stirps'' (p ...
are first mentioned toward the end of the
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. They obtained
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rank, and flourished under the early emperors.


Origin

The nomen ''Tettius'' or ''Tetteius'' seems to belong to one of the northern
Italic languages The Italic languages form a branch of the Indo-European language family, whose earliest known members were spoken on the Italian Peninsula in the first millennium BC. The most important of the ancient languages was Latin, the official languag ...
, such as Umbrian or the language of the
Sabines The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines divid ...
. At least some of the Tettii lived at Asisium in Umbria, perhaps the family's place of origin. ''Tettius'', the regular Latin form, is cognate with the Oscan spelling ''Tetteius'', and also appears as ''Tetis'' in Sabine inscriptions. The name may be derived from ''teta'', a dove.


Praenomina

The chief praenomina of the Tettii seem to have been '' Lucius'', ''
Aulus Aulus (abbreviated A.) is one of the small group of common forenames found in the culture of ancient Rome. The name was traditionally connected with Latin ''aula'', ''olla'', "palace", but this is most likely a false etymology. ''Aulus'' in fact p ...
'', '' Publius'', 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 ...
'', each of which was common throughout Roman history. Inscriptions show that they also regularly used other common names, including ''
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 * Mărcuş, a village in Dobârl ...
'', ''
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 ...
'', and '' Titus''.


Members

* Publius Tettius, testified against Verres during his trial in 70 BC. * Tettius Damio, sheltered Cicero at a time when he was pursued by the followers of Publius Clodius Pulcher. * Gaius Tettius, the son of Petronia, was an infant disinherited by his father, but by a decree of Augustus, he nonetheless received his father's property. It seems possible that his ''nomen'' was in fact '' Tettienus'', as the consul Galeo Tettienus Petronianus was evidently descended from the
Petronia gens The gens Petronia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. This gens claimed an ancient lineage, as a Petronius Sabinus is mentioned in the time of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last of the Roman kings, but few Petronii are mentioned in the time ...
. * Publius Tettius P. f. Rufus Tontianus, honored by a monument at Atina in Latium, dating to the Julio-Claudian period, had been
quaestor A ( , , ; "investigator") was a public official in Ancient Rome. There were various types of quaestors, with the title used to describe greatly different offices at different times. In the Roman Republic, quaestors were elected officials who ...
, tribune of the plebs, and praetor. *
Lucius Tettius Julianus Lucius Tettius Julianus was a Roman general who held a number of imperial appointments during the Flavian dynasty. He was suffect consul for the ''nundinium'' of May–June 83 with Terentius Strabo Erucius Homullus as his colleague. He may be t ...
, commander of the Legio VII Claudia in
Moesia Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; el, Μοισία, Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River, which included most of the territory of modern eastern Serbia, Kosovo, north-eastern Alban ...
, he and his colleagues defeated the
Roxolani The Roxolani or Rhoxolāni ( grc, Ροξολανοι , ; la, Rhoxolānī) were a Sarmatian people documented between the 2nd century BC and the 4th century AD, first east of the Borysthenes (Dnieper) on the coast of Lake Maeotis (Sea of Azov), a ...
, and were awarded the consular dignity by the emperor Otho in AD 69. During the civil war that followed, Marcus Aponius Saturninus, the governor of Moesia, attempted his assassination. Julianus avoided taking sides in the conflict, although his soldiers declared for Vespasian. The
senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
prevented him from claiming the praetorship in AD 70, but he was thereafter granted it by Domitian. He was consul ''suffectus'' in 83. * Gaius Tettius C. f. Africanus Cassianus Priscus, a native of Asisium, served as prefect of the vigiles, ''
praefectus annonae The ("prefect of the provisions"), also called the ("prefect of the grain supply") was a Roman official charged with the supervision of the grain supply to the city of Rome. Under the Republic, the job was usually done by an aedile. However, in ...
'', and governor of Egypt from AD 80 to 82. * Tettia Materna, the wife of Lucius Julius Longinus, governor of ( Sardinia and Corsica?), was buried at Aleria, in a Flavian-era tomb dedicated by her husband. * Tettius Caballus, a buffoon mentioned by
Martial Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet from Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Rome between AD 86 and ...
. * Lucius Tettius Nonius Rufus, a man of
senatorial A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the eld ...
rank, was the husband of Caecilia, with whom he dedicated a third-century tomb at Rome for their young son, Lucius Tettius Nonius Caecilius Lysias.. * Lucius Tettius L. f. Nonius Caecilius Lysiae, the son of Lucius Tettius Nonius Rufus and Caecilia, was a little boy buried in a third-century tomb at Rome, aged two years, nine months, and ninteteen days.''PIR'', vol. III, p. 309 (T, No. 103). * Tettius Facundus, consul in AD 336.


See also

* List of Roman gentes


References

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Bibliography

* Marcus Tullius Cicero, '' Epistulae ad Atticum'', '' In Verrem''. * Valerius Maximus, ''Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium'' (Memorable Facts and Sayings). *
Marcus Valerius Martialis Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet from Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Rome between AD 86 and ...
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Martial Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet from Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Rome between AD 86 and ...
), ''Epigrammata'' (Epigrams). * Publius Cornelius Tacitus, '' Historiae''. * '' Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849). * Theodor Mommsen ''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). *
Paul von Rohden Paul von Rohden (12 December 1862, Barmen – 28 February 1939, Pieterlen) was a German-Swiss schoolteacher and historian known for his research in the field of prosopography. He was the son of theologian Ludwig von Rohden (1815–1889) and the bro ...
,
Elimar Klebs Elimar Klebs (15 October 1852 – 16 May 1918) was a German historian of ancient history. He was the brother of botanist Georg Klebs. Biography Klebs was born in Braunsberg (Braniewo), Prussia. He studied in Berlin under Theodor Mommsen a ...
, &
Hermann Dessau Hermann Dessau (6 April 1856, Frankfurt am Main – 12 April 1931, Berlin) was a German ancient historian and epigrapher. He is noted for a key work of textual criticism published in 1889 on the ''Historia Augusta'', which uncovered reasons to ...
, '' Prosopographia Imperii Romani'' (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated ''PIR''), Berlin (1898). * Paul A. Gallivan, "The ''Fasti'' for A.D. 70–96", in ''
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'', vol. 31, pp. 186–220 (1981). Roman gentes