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==Branches and cognomina==
==Branches and cognomina==
The [[cognomen|cognomina]] of the Atilii under the Republic are ''Bulbus, Calatinus, Longus, Regulus'', and ''Serranus''; and of these the Longi were undoubtedly patrician. The only cognomen found on coins is ''Saranus'', which appears to be the same as ''Serranus''<ref name=":0">Crawford, ''Roman Republican Coinage'', pp. 254, 255.</ref>. ''Calatinus'', also found as ''Caiatinus'', probably refers either to the town of Cales in [[Campania]], or to the neighboring town of Caia. One of the Atilii Reguli had previously obtained the surname ''Calenus'' in consequence of a battle fought at Cales in 335 BC.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>T. Robert S. Broughton, ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'' (1952).</ref>
The [[cognomen|cognomina]] of the Atilii under the Republic are ''Bulbus, Calatinus, Longus, Regulus'', and ''Serranus''; and of these the Longi were undoubtedly patrician. The only cognomen found on coins is ''Saranus'', which appears to be the same as ''Serranus''.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="Crawford 254">Crawford, ''Roman Republican Coinage'', pp. 254, 255.</ref> ''Calatinus'', also found as ''Caiatinus'', probably refers either to the town of Cales in [[Campania]], or to the neighboring town of Caia. One of the Atilii Reguli had previously obtained the surname ''Calenus'' in consequence of a battle fought at Cales in 335 BC.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>T. Robert S. Broughton, ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'' (1952).</ref>


The Atilii Reguli were the most important family of the gens. They appear in the latter half of the fourth century BC, and the Atilii Serrani are descended from them. This family flourished until the first century BC.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
The Atilii Reguli were the most important family of the gens. They appear in the latter half of the fourth century BC, and the Atilii Serrani are descended from them. This family flourished until the first century BC.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
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* [[Marcus Atilius Serranus (praetor 174 BC)|Marcus Atilius (C. f. C. n.) Serranus]], praetor in 174 BC.
* [[Marcus Atilius Serranus (praetor 174 BC)|Marcus Atilius (C. f. C. n.) Serranus]], praetor in 174 BC.
* Marcus Atilius (M. f. C. n.) Serranus, praetor in [[Hispania Ulterior]] in 152 BC, defeated the [[Lusitanians|Lusitani]], and took their principal city, Oxthracae.<ref>[[Appian]]us, ''Hispanica'' 58.</ref>
* Marcus Atilius (M. f. C. n.) Serranus, praetor in [[Hispania Ulterior]] in 152 BC, defeated the [[Lusitanians|Lusitani]], and took their principal city, Oxthracae.<ref>[[Appian]]us, ''Hispanica'' 58.</ref>
* Marcus Atilius (M. f. M. n.) Serranus, ''triumvir monetalis'' in 151 BC, probably the son of Marcus Atilius Serranus, the praetor of 152. His coins bear the inscription ''Saran.''<ref name=":0" />
* Marcus Atilius (M. f. M. n.) Serranus, ''triumvir monetalis'' in 151 BC, probably the son of Marcus Atilius Serranus, the praetor of 152. His coins bear the inscription ''Saran.''<ref name="Crawford 254"/>
* [[Sextus Atilius Serranus|Sextus Atilius M. f. C. n. Serranus]], consul in 136 BC.
* [[Sextus Atilius Serranus|Sextus Atilius M. f. C. n. Serranus]], consul in 136 BC.
* [[Gaius Atilius Serranus (consul 106 BC)|Gaius Atilius Serranus]], consul in 106 BC, took up arms against [[Lucius Appuleius Saturninus|Saturninus]] in 100.
* [[Gaius Atilius Serranus (consul 106 BC)|Gaius Atilius Serranus]], consul in 106 BC, took up arms against [[Lucius Appuleius Saturninus|Saturninus]] in 100.

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The gens Atilia, sometimes written Atillia, was a family at Rome, which had both patrician and plebeian branches. The first member of this gens who obtained the consulship was Marcus Atilius Regulus, in 335 BC. The Atilii continued to hold the highest offices of the state throughout the history of the Republic, and well into imperial times.[1]

Praenomina

The Atilii favored the praenomina Lucius, Marcus, Gaius, Aulus, and Sextus. Other praenomina do not appear to have been used before imperial times.[1]

Branches and cognomina

The cognomina of the Atilii under the Republic are Bulbus, Calatinus, Longus, Regulus, and Serranus; and of these the Longi were undoubtedly patrician. The only cognomen found on coins is Saranus, which appears to be the same as Serranus.[1][2] Calatinus, also found as Caiatinus, probably refers either to the town of Cales in Campania, or to the neighboring town of Caia. One of the Atilii Reguli had previously obtained the surname Calenus in consequence of a battle fought at Cales in 335 BC.[1][3]

The Atilii Reguli were the most important family of the gens. They appear in the latter half of the fourth century BC, and the Atilii Serrani are descended from them. This family flourished until the first century BC.[1]

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

Atilii Reguli et Serrani

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
  2. ^ a b Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, pp. 254, 255.
  3. ^ T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1952).
  4. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita iv. 7.
  5. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Romaike Archaiologia xi. 61.
  6. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita xxii. 49.
  7. ^ a b Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita xxiii. 22.
  8. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita xxiv. 1.
  9. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita xxxii. 27, 28.
  10. ^ Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, De Vita Caesarum Tiberius 40.
  11. ^ Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Annales iv. 62, 63.
  12. ^ Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Agricola 40.
  13. ^ Birley, The Roman government of Britain, p. 112.
  14. ^ Birley, The Roman government of Britain, pp. 113–114.
  15. ^ Pomeroy, The Murder of Regilla: a Case of Domestic Violence of Antiquity, p. 15.
  16. ^ Birley, The Roman government of Britain, p. 112.
  17. ^ Fasti Ostienses, CIL XIV, 244.
  18. ^ Werner Eck, "Hadrische Konsuln Neue Zeugnisse aus Militärdiplomen", Chiron, 32 (2002), p. 482
  19. ^ Appianus, Hispanica 58.
  20. ^ Appianus, Bellum Civile i. 72.
  21. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem iii. 8 § 5.

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