Curvia gens explained
The gens Curvia was a minor Roman gens, best known for being among the ancestors of Marcus Aurelius.
Members
- Curvia, a woman described on an epitaph from the site of modern Morte-Merie, Uzer, Ardèche, France.[1]
- Curvia Fabia (or Fabia Curvia), a woman mentioned in an inscription from an insula at Pompeii.[2] [3]
- Domitia Lucilla, perhaps originally Curvia Lucilla, was the daughter of Lucanus, and the mother of Domitia Lucilla the Younger, by whom she was the grandmother of Marcus Aurelius.[4]
- Curvius Marcellus, owned a domus in Pompeii with his wife Fabia.[5]
- Sextus Curvius Silvinus, quaestor during the reigns of Augustus or Tiberius.[6]
- Gnaeus Domitius Tullus, son of Curvius Tullus, along with his brother was adopted by their father's friend, Domitius Afer, before the two men became hostile.[6]
- Gnaeus Domitius Lucanus, the son of Curvius Tullus, he and his brother were adopted by their father's friend, Domitius Afer, before the two men fell out.[6]
- Sextus Curvius Tullus, the son of Silvinus, was a close friend of the lawyer Gnaeus Domitius Afer, but they had a falling out[6]
- Curvia Urbana, a woman named in an inscription from Gallia Narbonensis.[7] [8]
See also
Sources
- Book: Adriano: architettura e progetto . Electa . 2000 . It . Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli, Italy)/Villa Adriana (Tívoli) . Soprintendenza archeologica per il Lazio.
- Book: Lindsay, Hugh . Adoption in the Roman world . 2009 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-511-65821-1 . Cambridge . 647846259.
- Book: L'Ardèche . Dupraz . Joëlle . Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Ministère de l'éducation nationale, Ministère de la recherche, Ministère de la culture et de la communication, Maison des sciences de l'homme . 2001 . Fr . Christel . Fraisse.
- Book: D'Avino, Michele . The Women of Pompeii . Loffredo . 1967.
- Book: D'Avino, Michele . La donna a Pompei . Loffredo . 1964 . It.
- Book: Della Corte, Matteo . Case ed abitanti di Pompei . Presso l'autore . 1954 . It.
Notes and References
- L'Ardèche. p. 414, 492.
- D'Avino, 1967. p. 32
- D'Avino, 1964. p. 121.
- Adriano. p. 39.
- Della Corte, p. 176.
- Lindsay, p. 158.
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- More Narbonensian Senators . Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik . Syme . Ronald . 1986 . 65 . 13 . JSTOR . Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH.