Herminier

The Herminier ( Latin Gens Herminia ) were a Roman gens with the noun Herminius . They are of Etruscan origin, as indicated by the introduction of a fictional Etruscan named Herminius in Virgil's Aeneid and the Etruscan first name Lar of a representative of this family.

We know two historical representatives of Hermier:

• Lar Herminius , consul 448 BC Chr.
• Titus Herminius , consul 506 and 493 BC Chr.

literature

• Friedrich Münzer : Herminius . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 1, Stuttgart 1912, Col. 833.