Tarquitius

Tarquitius is the name of a Roman family with Etruscan roots.

etymology

Tarquitius is the Latin equivalent of the Etruscan name tarqu (n) -na , also tarcna or tarχna . The name goes back to the Aegean-Aegean god Tarku, who was assimilated with the immigration of the Etruscans in Italy and became the hero Tarchon of the Etruscan people. Two Roman families derive their names from the original form tarchna : Tarquitius and Tarquinius . Both are documented by the Etruscan grave finds from Caere , whereby the name Tarquitius is found there even more frequently.

The name Tarquitius was regarded by the Romans as a synonym or subsidiary form of Tarquinius, as the example of the Tarquitischen staircase, which Lucius Tarquinius Superbus is said to have built, shows . Tarquitius was also used erroneously, because after the expulsion of the Tarquinians from Rome no members of the family should actually appear in the traditions as in the case of the patrician L. Tarquinius in the 5th century BC. The rider leader under Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus is therefore listed in various sources as L. Tarquitius.

Family members

List of Tarquitians

Surname	f / h	Period (± century)	Description (note is fictional / historical)
C. Tarquitius	H	-1.	Quaestor of the Proconsuls C. Annius Luscus
L. Tarquitius	H	-1.	Brought letters from Marcus Tullius Cicero
Tarquitius Crescens	H	1.	Centurion under Lucius Junius Caesennius Paetus , died during the Parthian Wars
M. Tarquitius Crispus Fronto	H	1.	Listed on a poorly preserved base inscription
Tarquitius Priscus	H	1	Author in Latin who wrote the work ostentarium arborarium , an "orderly and annotated listing of trees and bushes" in connection with divine signs.
C. Tarquitius Priscus	H	1	Legate of Quintus Sertorius in the Sertorian War
M. Tarquitius Priscus	H	1	Legate of the Proconsul Titus Statilius Taurus
Quintus Manlius Ancharius Tarquitius Saturninus	H	1.	Proconsul in Africa
Quintus Tarquitius Catulus	H	2nd / 3rd	Governor in the Roman province of Lower Germany

1. ↑ f = fictional, h = historical

literature

• Friedrich Münzer , Max Fluß , Arthur Stein , Wilhelm Kroll : Tarquitius . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Sp. 2391-2395.
• Robert Maxwell Ogilvie : Titi Livi, Ab urbe condita . Book I – V. Oxford 1974. ISBN 978-0-19-814661-2 .
• Robert Maxwell Ogilvie: A Commentary on Livy . Books I – V. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1965 and Reprints, ISBN 0-19-814432-6 .
• Wilhelm Enßlin , Friedrich Münzer , Fritz Schachermeyr : Tarquinius . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2348-2391.
• The new Pauly . Encyclopedia of Antiquity (DNP). Edited by Hubert Cancik. Metzler, Stuttgart 1996-2010, ISBN 3-476-01470-3 (16 volumes in 19 sub-volumes and 6 supplement volumes published).

Individual notes

1. ^ A Commentary on Livy . Robert Maxwell Ogilvie , Books 1-5. Oxford Scholarly Editions Online, January 2016. p. 141.
2. ↑ Tarquinius . Fritz Schachermeyr, Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Sp. 2348.60-2349.20.
3. ↑ Tarquitius . Karl-Ludwig Elvers . The new Pauly. Vol. 12/1. Stuttgart Weimar 2002, p. 34.
4. ^ Friedrich Münzer : Tarquitius . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Sp. 2391.
5. ↑ Liv. 3.27.1. Titi Livi, Ab urbe condita . Book I – V. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Oxford 1974; A Commentary on Livy . Books 1–5. RM Ogilvie, Oxford 1965, p. 442; Friedrich Münzer : Tarquitius 6 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Sp. 2392 .; Tarquin 9 . Fritz Schachermeyr, Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2389.
6. ^ Friedrich Münzer : Tarquitius 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2391 f.
7. ^ Friedrich Münzer : Tarquitius 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2391 f.
8. ↑ Arthur Stein: Tarquitius 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2392.
9. ↑ Max Fluß : Tarquitius 5 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2392.
10. ↑ T. Priscus 11 . Mareile Haase. The new Pauly. Vol. 12/1. Stuttgart Weimar 2002, pp. 34-35.
11. ^ Friedrich Münzer : Tarquitius 8 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2394.
12. ↑ Max Fluß : Tarquitius 9 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2394 f.
13. ↑ CIL 08, 22671c
14. ^ Friedrich Münzer : Tarquitius 3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2392.