Verginier
Verginius (German Verginier ) was the noun of the Roman gens Verginia , which was very important in the early days of the Roman Republic . A more recent form of the name is Virginius ; from this the first name Virginia is derived. The name Verginius is very likely of Etruscan origin, especially since isolated inscriptions with this name were found in Etruria .
In the 5th century BC The Verginians belonged to the seven leading families in Rome with the Valerians , Servilians , Fabians , Cornelians , Furiern and Julians . The Verginii Tricosti stood out in particular, providing eleven consuls in this century . In the 4th century BC They lost their importance and came after the Leges Liciniae Sextiae in 366 BC. BC hardly in evidence. Around the year 300 BC Some patrician representatives of the sex are attested, but not after that. Plebeian members of the gens are attested in the 5th century alongside the patrician. In the imperial era, the family emerged again, and from the 1st century BC onwards. Verginians are well represented in public life.
Well-known namesake
- Opiter Verginius Tricostus , Consul 502 BC. Chr.
- Titus Verginius Tricostus Caelimontanus (Consul 496 BC)
- Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caelimontanus , Consul 494 BC Chr.
- Titus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus , Consul 479 BC. Chr.
- Opiter Verginius Tricostus Esquilinus , suffect consul 478 BC. Chr.
- Aulus Verginius Caelimontanus , consul 469 BC Chr.
- Aulus Verginius (tribune 461 BC) , tribune 461 BC Chr.
- Verginia , main character in a legendary story about the Decemvir Appius Claudius Crassus
- Titus Verginius Tricostus Caelimontanus (Consul 448 BC)
- Lucius Verginius Tricostus (Consul 435 BC) , Consul 435 BC Chr.
- Lucius Verginius Tricostus Esquilinus , Consular Tribune 402 BC Chr.
- Aulus Verginius (tribune 395 BC) , tribune 395 BC Chr.
- Lucius Verginius Tricostus (consular tribune 389 BC) , consular tribune 389 BC Chr.
- Aulus Verginius (legal scholar) , legal scholar of the 2nd century BC Chr.
- Lucius Verginius Rufus , consul 63, 69 and 97 AD
Individual evidence
- ↑ For a list of the members of the gens Verginia who held offices during the Roman Republic, see 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 unmodified 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. Of the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 2), pp. 632f