Panza

Pansa (literally "flat foot" according to Pliny) was a Roman cognomen (nickname). Inscriptions show that it occurred particularly in Etruria , but also in Tibur . The most famous bearer of the name belonged to the gens Vibia , but the cognomen occurred in numerous other families.

Well-known namesake

• Gaius Vibius Pansa , Roman mint master , 90 BC. Chr.
• Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus , Consul of the Roman Republic , 43 BC. Chr.
• Publius Licinius Pansa , Consul 134
• Quintus Appuleius Pansa , consul 300 BC Chr.
• Lucius Corellius Neratius Panza , Consul 122

See also

• Alberto Pansa (1844–1928), Italian diplomat
• Sancho Panza, fictional character in Don Quixote (1605, 1615) by Miguel de Cervantes, see Don Quixote
• Martin Pansa (1580–1626), German doctor (city doctor in Breslau) and specialist author.

literature

• Hans Georg Gundel : Panza . In: Der Kleine Pauly , Vol. 4, 1972, Col. 467.

Remarks

1. ↑ Pliny the Elder , naturalis historia 11, 254.
2. ^ A Lucius Nonius Pansa in CIL 14, 3666 .