Sabinus

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Sabinus ("the Sabine") is a Roman cognomen that originally denoted the origin of the ancient Sabine people. It was a common nickname and especially popular with the gens Flavia .

Well-known namesake were:

  • C. Oppius Sabinus, governor in Moesien and confidante of Domitian
  • a poet from Augustan times, see Sabinus (poet)
  • a lawyer from the 1st century AD, see Masurius Sabinus
  • Vibia Sabina (86–136), wife of the Roman emperor Hadrian
  • Sabinus of Assisi , also Sabinus of Spoleto, bishop, martyr and saint of the Catholic Church
  • Sabinus of Piacenza , bishop and saint of the Catholic Church
  • The Martyrologium Romanum lists 6 Sabini , three of them bishops
  • Sabina (saint) , a Christian martyr of the 2nd century
  • Sabinus , gladiator and officer of the Germanic bodyguard under Caligula

See also:

  • Sabinum, a country estate of Horace in the Sabine Mountains serving as a retreat