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Tuscilia Gens
The gens Tuscilia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Almost no members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers, but several are known from inscriptions. Origin The nomen ''Tuscilius'' belongs to a class of gentilicia originally formed from cognomina with the diminutive suffix '. The surname ''Tusculus'' referred to an inhabitant of Tusculum, an ancient city of Latium. Members * Tuscilius Naso, named in a sepulchral inscription from Rome, dating from the middle of the first century BC. * Tuscilia Creste, named along with Lucius Tuscilius Synistor in an inscription from Casilinum in Campania, dating from the latter half of the first century BC, or the early first century AD.. * Lucius Tuscilius Synistor, named along with Tuscilia Creste in an inscription from Casilinum, dating from the latter half of the first century BC, or the early first century AD. * Tuscilius, mentioned in a first- or second-century inscription from Trea in Picenum. * Tuscilius Nominatus, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plebeian
In ancient Rome, the plebeians or 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 the group and the term are unclear, but may be related to the Greek, ''plēthos'', meaning masses. In Latin, the word is a singular collective noun, and its genitive is . Plebeians were not a monolithic social class. In ancient Rome In the annalistic tradition of Livy and Dionysius, the distinction between patricians and plebeians was as old as Rome itself, instituted by Romulus' appointment of the first hundred senators, whose descendants became the patriciate. Modern hypotheses date the distinction "anywhere from the regal period to the late fifth century" BC. The 19th-century historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr believed plebeians were possibly foreigners immigrating from other parts of Italy. This hypothesis, that plebeians were racial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaga (Tunisia)
Vaga, Vecca and lately Theodorias is an ancient city in Tunisia built by the Berbers and ruled sequentially by the Carthaginians, the Numidians, the Roman Empire, Romans, the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire, Byzantines until it was captured by the Arabs who changed its name to the present day Béja. The town was the capital of the Numidian Kingdom during the rule of Jugurtha. The origins of the city and the Phoenician rule Little is known about the date of the foundation of Vaga, but it was certainly before the foundation of Carthage. The site of the current city was inhabited by Berber tribes, notably the Avrigha tribe, and when the Phoenicians started building trading posts throughout the country, Vaga was one of them. After that, Carthage, fortified the city with a fortress and put a garrison in it to strengthen its presence in the region, Vaga through the First and Second Punic Wars The city played an important role in the First Punic War because of its strong fortif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
