Minucius

Minucius (more rarely also Minicius ) was the nomen gentile of the gens Minucia , a Roman family that had existed since the 5th century BC. Appears in the sources. At first they are documented as patricians and are said to have been in the 5th century BC. Chr. Held high state offices, but these Minucier could also be fictional. After a period in which they receded into the background, they have appeared since the end of the 4th century BC. BC again as plebeian magistrates in fasting and brought their family to a new bloom. Nine members of the sex came to the consulate during the republic . Its branches included the Augurini , Rufi and Thermi .

Well-known namesake are

Marcus Minucius Augurinus (Consul 497 and 491 BC)
Publius Minucius Augurinus (Consul 492 BC)
Lucius Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus ( suffect consul 458 BC)
Quintus Minucius Esquilinus (Consul 457 BC)
Tiberius Minucius Augurinus (Consul 305 BC, first known plebeian Minucier)
Marcus Minucius Rufus (Consul 221 BC)
Quintus Minucius Rufus (Consul 197 BC)
Quintus Minucius Thermus (Consul 193 BC)
Lucius Minucius Thermus (envoy to Egypt 154 and 145 BC)
Marcus Minucius Rufus (Consul 110 BC)
Marcus Minucius Thermus (Praetor 81 BC)
Quintus Minucius Thermus (Proprätor) , Proprätor 51–50 BC Chr.
Lucius Minucius Basilus († 43 BC), Roman politician and soldier, one of the murderers of Julius Caesar
Minucius Felix (Christian apologist of the 2nd / 3rd century AD)

A street, the Via Minucia , a bridge ( Pons Minucia ) on the Via Flaminia and a pillared hall on the Field of Mars in Rome, the Porticus Minucia , were named after the family or individual members .

Individual evidence

^ Hans Georg Gundel : Minucius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 1338.
^ List of all members of the gens Minucia who held offices during the Roman Republic or who are said to have held office in the early phase of the Republic, compare T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 2: 99 BC - 31 BC . Cleveland, Ohio: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1952. Reprinted unchanged 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. By the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 2), pp. 591-593

[1] Hans Georg Gundel : Minucius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 1338.

[2] List of all members of the gens Minucia who held offices during the Roman Republic or who are said to have held office in the early phase of the Republic, compare T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 2: 99 BC - 31 BC . Cleveland, Ohio: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1952. Reprinted unchanged 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. By the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 2), pp. 591-593