Quinctier

The Quinctier , Latin Quinctii , were members of the very old gens Quinctia with patrician roots in the Roman Republic .

origin

According to Titus Livius , after the conquest of Alba Longa by the Roman king Tullus Hostilius , the Quinctier (or Quintier) and others were included under the Roman gentes , but were therefore considered gentes minores . Their name is derived from Quinctius or Quintius , Quinctius being the older spelling. The principal families of the Quinctier carry the cognomes Capitolinus , Cincinnatus and Flamininus , subordinate also Atta , Barbatus , Caesernius Statius , Claudus , Crispinus , Hirpinus , Pennus (or Poenus ), Scapula and Trogus . The main given names of the Quinctier were Lucius and Titus , furthermore Kaeso , Gaius , Gnaeus and Quintus . Other first names were also used by the plebeian Quincti.

The Quinctier appear historically for the first time under Tarquinius the Elder . With Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus , who lived between 471 and 439 BC. BC was consul six times , they hold an important office for the first time. In the course of the history of the Roman Republic, the Quinctier provided a total of 18 consuls , 16 consular tribunes , four dictators , four Magister equitum and a censor . Because of the achievements of Cincinnatus and Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus, the Quinctier had a high reputation.

etymology

The Cognomen Capitolinus is derived from Mons Capitolinus , one of the famous seven hills of Rome . Cincinnatus and the agnoma Crispinus of the later Quinctii Capitolini refer to someone with fine, curly hair and occasionally appear together in one person. According to Isidorus , the cognomen pennus means sharp, pointed . A derivation of penna with the meaning of feather, wing is also conceivable . Flamininus probably comes from the noun flamen , which is also the basis of the Flaminier gens . The Quinctii Flaminini first appeared during the Second Punic War and will remain of great importance for the next hundred years.

Members

Lateral branch Capitolinus (Quninctii Capitolini)

• Lucius Quinctius
  • Lucius Quinctius , son of the aforementioned
    • Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus, son of the aforementioned, six-time consul in the years 471, 468, 465, 446, 443 and 439 BC. Chr.
      • Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus , son of the aforementioned, consul in 421 BC. And consular tribune in 405 BC Chr.
• Titus Quinctius Capitolinus , consular tribune in 385 BC. And in the same year Magister equitum under the dictator Aulus Cornelius Cossus .
• Titus Quinctius Pennus Capitolinus Crispinus , dictator in 361 BC. And consul 354 and 351 BC. Chr.
• Gnaeus Quinctius Capitolinus , dictator clavi figendi causa in 331 BC Chr.
• Titus Quinctius Pennus Capitolinus Crispinus , consul in 208 BC BC together with Marcus Claudius Marcellus , was wounded near Tarento during the Second Punic War and died at the end of the year.
• Titus Quinctius Crispinus Sulpicianus , consul in 9 BC. Together with Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus

Side branch Cincinnatus (Quinctii Cincinnati)

Cincinnatus receives the Senate deputies, historicizing picture by Léon Bénouville from 1844.

• Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus , or Cincinnatus for short, uncle of Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus (consul 421 BC), consul in 460 BC. And dictator 458 and 439 BC Chr.
  • Kaeso Quinctius , son of Cincinnatus, went in 461 BC. Into exile, where he died.
  • Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus , son of Cincinnatus, three times consular tribune in the years 438, 425 and 420 BC As well as Magister equitum under the dictator Marcus Aemilius Mamercinus in 437 BC Chr.
    • Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus , son of the aforementioned, three times consular tribune in the years 386, 385 and 377 BC. Chr.
    • Gaius Quinctius Cincinnatus , brother of the aforementioned, consular tribune in 377 BC. Chr.
  • Titus Quinctius Pennus Cincinnatus , son of Cincinnatus, consul in 431 and 428 BC. BC, consular tribune in 426 BC Chr.
    • Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus Capitolinus , son of the aforementioned, consular tribune of the years 388, 385 and 384 BC BC, Magister equitum in the year 385 BC BC, dictator in 380 BC Chr.
      • Titus Quinctius Pennus Cincinnatus Capitolinus , son of the aforementioned, consular tribune in 368 BC. And Magister equitum under the dictator Marcus Furius Camillus in 367 BC Chr.
      • Titus Quinctius Pennus Capitolinus Crispinus , brother of the aforementioned, dictator in 361 BC. BC, Magister equitum in 360 BC And consul in the years 354 and 351 BC Chr.
      • Gnaeus Quinctius Capitolinus , brother of the aforementioned, aedile in 366 BC Chr.
• Quintus Quinctius Cincinnatus , consular tribune in the years 415 and 405 BC. Chr.
  • Quintus Quinctius Cincinnatus , son of the aforementioned, consular tribune in 369 BC. Chr.

Side branch Flamininus ( Quinctii Flaminini )

Titus Quinctius Flamininus

• Kaeso Quinctius Claudus , consul in 271 BC. Chr.
• Kaeso Quinctius Flamininus , was born in 216 BC. Chr. To duumvir chosen and with the site management at the Temple of Concord in charge.
• Lucius Quinctius Flamininus , was 212 BC. Chr. Augur .
• Titus Quinctius Crispinus , consul in 208 BC Chr.
  • Titus Quinctius Flamininus , son of the aforementioned, consul in 198 BC. And censor in 189 BC BC, led the Roman army in the war against Philip V of Macedon and remained victorious in the battle of Kynoskephalai .
    • Tiberius Quinctius Flamininus , son of the aforementioned, consul in 150 BC. Chr.
      • Titus Quinctius Flamininus , son of the aforementioned, consul of the year 123 BC. Chr.
  • Lucius Quinctius Flamininus , brother of Titus Quinctius Flamininus, under whom he served as general in the war against Philip, was consul in 192 BC. Chr.
• Gaius Quinctius Flamininus , was born in 177 BC. Chr. Praetor peregrinus .
• Titus Quinctius Flamininus , was Augur in 167 BC. In the same year he was sent as ambassador to King Kotys in Thrace .
• Titus Quinctius Atta , Roman comedy poet, died in 77 BC. Chr.

Side branch Claudus (Quinctii Claudi)

• Gnaeus Quinctius Claudus
  • Lucius Quinctius Claudus
    • Kaeso Quinctius Claudus , son of the aforementioned and grandson of the former, consul in 271 BC. Chr.

Side branch Caesernius Statius (Quinctii Caesernii Statii)

• Titus Quinctius Caesernius Statius Macedus
  • Titus Quinctius Caesernius Statius Statianus Memmius Macrinus , son of the aforementioned, consul in 141 BC. Chr.
  • Titus Quinctius Caesernius Statius Macedus Quinctianus , son of the former, consul in 138 BC. Chr.

Other

• Decimus Quinctius , his family relationships are in the dark, commanded in 210 BC. During the Second Punic War the Roman fleet in front of Taranto and fell in battle.
• Titus Quinctius Trogus , was indicted by the quaestor Marcus Sergius .
• Publius Quinctius , was born in 81 BC. Defended by Cicero in his first recorded court speech Pro P. Quinctio .
• Lucius Quinctius , praetor in 67 BC BC, opposed the constitution drawn up by Sulla and was also an opponent of Lucius Licinius Lucullus .
• Titus Quinctius Scapula , was a supporter of Pompey during the Civil War .
• Quinctius Hirpinus , friend of the poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus .

literature

• Rudolf Hanslik : Quinctius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Sp. 1300-1304.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Titus Livius , Ab Urbe Condita I, 30.
2. ^ William Smith (editor), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
3. ↑ Isidorus Hispalensis , Origines XIX, 19.
4. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita IV, 43.
5. ↑ Johannes Zonaras , Epitome Historiarum VII, 20.
6. ↑ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita VI, 11.
7. ↑ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita VIII, 18.
8. ↑ Fasti Capitolini
9. ^ Diodorus Siculus , Bibliotheca Historica XII, 38; ibid. XII, 81.
10. ↑ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita VI, 6.32 f.
11. ↑ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita VI, 32.
12. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica XV, 78.
13. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica XIII, 34; ibid. XIV, 17.
14. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita VI, 36.
15. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita XXII, 33.
16. ↑ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita XXV, 2.
17. ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero , Cato Maior de Senectute 5; Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum XII, 5.
18. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita XII, 12.
19. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita XII, 43; ibid. XIV, 42-44.
20. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita XXVI, 39.
21. ^ Marcus Terentius Varro , De Lingua Latina libri XXV VI, 90-92, ed. Müller.
22. ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pro Quinctio.
23. ↑ Quintus Horatius Flaccus , Carmina II, 11; Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Epistulae I, 16.