Albinia gens explained

The gens Albinia was a plebeian family at Rome during the early centuries of the Republic. The first member of this gens to achieve prominence was Lucius Albinius Paterculus, one of the first men to hold the office of tribune of the plebs, after it was created in 494 BC.^[1]

Origin

The nomen Albinia is probably derived from the cognomen Albinus, a lengthened form of Albus, meaning "white" or "whitish".

Praenomina

The Albinii are known to have used the praenomina Lucius, Gaius, and Marcus.^[2]

Branches and cognomina

The only cognomen associated with the Albinii is Paterculus, a diminutive of pater, which may be translated as "little father", "uncle", or "daddy".^{[3] [4]}

Members

• Gaius Albinius, father of the tribune of 494 BC.^[5]
• Lucius Albinius C. f. Paterculus, tribune of the plebs in 494 BC.
• Lucius Albinius, helped carry the priests and Vestals from Rome to Caere before the Gallic sack of Rome in 390 BC.
• Marcus Albinius, military tribune with consular power in 379 BC.^[6]

See also

• List of Roman gentes

Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
2. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
4. George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897).
5. [Asconius Pedianus|Quintus Asconius Pedianus]
6. [Livy|Titus Livius]