Caninius

Caninius was the name of an ancient Roman plebeian family that originally came from Tusculum and had been around since the 2nd century BC. Is demonstrable. Significant representatives were:

• Gaius Caninius , Roman painter
• Gaius Caninius Rebilus (Praetor) , 171 BC BC Praetor of Sicily
• Marcus Caninius Rebilus , traveled 167 BC. On a diplomatic mission to Thrace
• Aulus Caninius Satrius , 65 BC Mentioned as a friend of Cicero
• Lucius Caninius Gallus (tribune 56 BC) († 44 BC), correspondent to Cicero
• Gaius Caninius Rebilus , follower of Caesar , took part in his Gallic War and also in the civil war, was killed on December 31, 45 BC. For only a few hours suffect consul
• Caninius Rebilus , could 43 BC. Flee to Sicily before his proscription by the triumvirs
• Lucius Caninius Gallus (consul 37 BC) , son of the tribune of the same name
• Lucius Caninius Gallus (suffect consul 2 BC) , under Augustus 2 BC Chr. Suffect consul, later proconsul of Africa
• Caninius Celer , teacher of the later Emperor Mark Aurel

literature

• Hans Georg Gundel : Caninius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Col. 1037.
• Friedrich Münzer a . a .: Caninius 1-18 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Sp. 1476-1479.