Fannius

Fannius (female form Fannia ) was the noun of the gens Fannia , a plebeian family in the Roman Empire , whose representatives had been around since the 2nd century BC. Are attested.

Important representatives

• Gaius Fannius (tribune of the people) , presumably officiated in the year 184 BC. As tribune of the people
• Gaius Fannius Strabo , Consul 161 BC BC, 158 and 154 BC Active as envoy
• Gaius Fannius (consul 122 BC) , was also a historiographer and orator
• Fannia (wife of Titinius) , allegedly immoral woman, housed in 88 BC. The outlawed Gaius Marius
• Marcus Fannius , 86 BC Aedile, 80 BC. BC Praetor
• Gaius Fannius, as senator in 81 BC. Mentioned in a Senate consultation
• Gaius Fannius Chaerea , litigated 76 BC. Against the actor Quintus Roscius Gallus
• Lucius Fannius , fought for a while for Mithridates VI. of Pontus against Rome, 68/67 BC Legate of Lucullus
• Gnaeus Fannius , Roman knight, appeared in the trial of Gaius Verres
• Gaius Fannius (praetor) , was 59 BC. People's tribune, between 55 and 50 BC BC Praetor, probably 43 BC Senate envoy to Sextus Pompey
• Fannius (Legate) , 43 BC Legate of the Caesar murderer Gaius Cassius Longinus against Rhodes
• Fannius Caepio , took 22 BC. In a conspiracy against Augustus
• Fannia (wife of Helvidius Priscus)
• Gaius Fannius (historian) , friend of the younger Pliny, wrote a history of the persecutions under Nero

literature

• Friedrich Münzer et al .: Fannius 1) - 22). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 2, Stuttgart 1909, Sp. 1986-1995.
• Hans Georg Gundel , Ilse Becher and Rudolf Hanslik : Fannius I 1) - II 2). In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, Col. 512 f.