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* [[Lucius Atilius (jurist)|Lucius Atilius]], a jurist, who probably lived in the middle of the 2nd century BC
* [[Lucius Atilius (jurist)|Lucius Atilius]], a jurist, who probably lived in the middle of the 2nd century BC
* [[Marcus Atilius (poet)|Marcus Atilius]], a comic poet during the 2nd century BC, quoted by [[Cicero]] and [[Varro Atacinus|Varro]].
* [[Marcus Atilius (poet)|Marcus Atilius]], a comic poet during the 2nd century BC, quoted by [[Cicero]] and [[Varro Atacinus|Varro]].
* Lucius Atilius Nomentanus, ''[[list of Roman moneyers during the Republic|triumvir monetalis]]'' in 141 BC. In 120, he served on the the staff of [[Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur|Quintus Mucius Scaevola]], praetor in [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]].<ref>Broughton, vol. I, p. 524.</ref><ref>Crawford, ''Roman Republican Coinage'', p. 261.</ref>
* Lucius Atilius Nomentanus, ''[[list of Roman moneyers during the Republic|triumvir monetalis]]'' in 141 BC. In 120, he served on the staff of [[Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur|Quintus Mucius Scaevola]], praetor in [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]].<ref>Broughton, vol. I, p. 524.</ref><ref>Crawford, ''Roman Republican Coinage'', p. 261.</ref>
* Atilius, a [[freedman]], built an amphitheatre at [[Fidenae]] in the reign of [[Tiberius]], which collapsed, killing between twenty and fifty thousand spectators.<ref>[[Suetonius|Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus]], ''[[The Twelve Caesars|De Vita Caesarum]]'' ''Tiberius'' 40.</ref><ref>[[Tacitus|Publius Cornelius Tacitus]], ''Annales'' iv. 62, 63.</ref>
* Atilius, a [[freedman]], built an amphitheatre at [[Fidenae]] in the reign of [[Tiberius]], which collapsed, killing between twenty and fifty thousand spectators.<ref>[[Suetonius|Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus]], ''[[The Twelve Caesars|De Vita Caesarum]]'' ''Tiberius'' 40.</ref><ref>[[Tacitus|Publius Cornelius Tacitus]], ''Annales'' iv. 62, 63.</ref>
* Atilius Vergilio, a standard-bearer who deserted [[Galba]] in AD 69.
* Atilius Vergilio, a standard-bearer who deserted [[Galba]] in AD 69.

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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, Nomentanus, and Serranus; and of these the Longi were undoubtedly patrician. The only cognomina found on coins are Saranus, which appears to be the same as Serranus, and Nomentanus.[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. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 524.
  11. ^ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 261.
  12. ^ Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, De Vita Caesarum Tiberius 40.
  13. ^ Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Annales iv. 62, 63.
  14. ^ Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Agricola 40.
  15. ^ Birley, The Roman government of Britain, p. 112.
  16. ^ Birley, The Roman government of Britain, pp. 113–114.
  17. ^ Pomeroy, The Murder of Regilla: a Case of Domestic Violence of Antiquity, p. 15.
  18. ^ Birley, The Roman government of Britain, p. 112.
  19. ^ Fasti Ostienses, CIL XIV, 244.
  20. ^ Werner Eck, "Hadrische Konsuln Neue Zeugnisse aus Militärdiplomen", Chiron, 32 (2002), p. 482
  21. ^ Appianus, Hispanica 58.
  22. ^ Appianus, Bellum Civile i. 72.
  23. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem iii. 8 § 5.

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