Occia gens explained

The gens Occia was a minor plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned under Tiberius, but must have been at Rome for much longer; for Tacitus speaks of Occia, a Vestal Virgin who died in AD 19, after serving faithfully for fifty-seven years. A few of the Occii pursued political careers in this period, but most are known only from inscriptions.^[1]

Members

• Occia, a Vestal Virgin, died in AD 19, after performing her priestly duties for fifty-seven years.^{[2] [3]}
• Occia C. f., buried at Rome, aged sixty.^[4]
• Occia C. f., buried at Tarquinii, aged sixty.^[5]
• Decimus Occius D. f., the patron and former master of Decimus Occius Eros, mentioned in an inscription from Rome.^[6]
• Gaius Occius M. f., one of the municipal officials at Pompeii.^[7]
• Lucius Occius L. f., the former master of Lucius Occius Aristo and Occia Agathea, named in a funerary inscription from Cures in Sabinum.^[8]
• Manius Occius M'. f., one of the judicial magistrates at Signia in Latium.^[9]
• Occia L. l. Agathea, a freedwoman buried at Cures.^[8]
• Lucius Occius L. l. Agathopus, the freedman of Lucius Occius Helius, to whom he dedicated a monument at Rome.^[10]
• Occia Agile, wife of Quintus Anquirinnius Secundus, with whom she dedicated a monument to their son, Quintus Anquirinnius Severus, at Pisae.^[11]
• Publius Occius P. l. Anchialus, a freedman buried at Aquileia in the province of Venetia et Histria.^[12]
• Lucius Occius L. l. Aristo, a freedman buried at Cures.^[8]
• Occia Auge, wife of Pomponius Gaetulus, buried at Theveste in Africa Proconsularis, aged thirty-seven.^[13]
• Gaius Occius M. f. Basillus, buried at the present site of Ksar Mahidjiba, perhaps originally Castellum Fabatianum, in Numidia, aged twenty-one.^[14]
• Titus Occius Castus, buried at Tubusuctu in Mauretania Caesariensis.^[15]
• Publius Occius P. l. Dunomarus, a freedman buried at Aquileia.^[12]
• Quintus Occius Epigonus, a freedman, who dedicated a monument to Quintus Occius Narcissus at Puteoli in Campania.
• Occius Eutyches, husband of Fortunatia Veratia, named in an inscription from Dea Augusta Vocontiorum in Gallia Narbonensis.^[16]
• Occius Flamma, proconsul of Crete under the emperor Tiberius.^{[17] [3]}
• Lucius Occius Helius, the patron and former master of Lucius Occius Agathopus, buried at Rome.^[10]
• Lucius Occius Hermia, named in an inscription from Rome.^[18]
• Decimus Occius D. l. Eros, a freedman, mentioned in two inscriptions from Rome.^{[6] [19]}
• Occia Fotis, dedicated a monument at Rome in memory of her son, Lucius Occius Maximus.^[20]
• Occia Fortunata, buried at Masculula, aged fourteen years, seven months.^[21]
• Publius Occius Julianus, buried at Potentia in Lucania, aged seventeen.^[22]
• Lucius Occius Martialis, mentioned in an inscription from Madauros in Africa Proconsularis.^[23]
• Occius Macrini f. Martialis, buried at the site of the present village of Bordj M'Raou, formerly in Africa Proconsularis, age eighteen.^[24]
• Lucius Occius Maximus, the son of Occia Fotis, was born pridie Nonas Novembres, and buried at Rome, aged twenty-four years, eight months, and twenty-four days.^[20]
• Quintus Occius Narcissus, buried at Puteoli.
• Gaius Occius C. l. Philomusus, a freedman buried at Rome.^[25]
• Lucius Occius L. l. Philomusus, a freedman named in an inscription from Rome.^[26]
• Occia Primitiva, the wife of Marcus Licinius Apollonius, with whom she dedicated a monument to her son, Marcus Licinius Probus, aged four years, three months, and twenty-one days.^[27]
• Lucius Occius Primitivus, dedicated a monument at Rome to his friend, Marcus Terentius Silvius.^[28]
• Occius Priscus, dedicated a monument at Rome to Occia Thallusa.^[29]
• Occius Publilius Eutychus, dedicated a monument to his wife, Claudia Olympias, who was buried at Rome, aged forty-nine.^[30]
• Publius Occius Quintillianus, buried at Milevum in Numidia.^[31]
• Marcus Occius Ruso, one of a group of pontifices sent to the colony of Sutrium in Etruria.^[32]
• Gaius Occius Saturninus, buried at Thamugadi in Numidia, aged twenty-one.^[33]
• Gaius Occius Similis Blera, a secutor tribuni mentioned in a list of soldiers at Rome, dating to AD 113.^[34]
• Occia Spicula, wife of Caecilianus, buried at Thagura in Africa Proconsularis.^[35]
• Occia Sponde, wife of Marcus Junius Fortunatus, buried at Rome, aged thirty-three years and forty-two days.^[36]
• Occia Tertulla, dedicated a monument to her brother, Gaius Elvius Sextinus, at Nemausus in Gallia Narbonensis.^[37]
• Occia Thallusa, buried at Rome.^[29]
• Occia C. l. Trallis, a freedwoman, buried at Rome.^[38]
• Occia Verecunda, named in a funerary monument from Carnuntum in Pannonia Superior.^[39]

See also

• List of Roman gentes

Bibliography

• Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Elder), Controversiae.
• Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Annales.
• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
• Theodor Mommsen et alii, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated CIL), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
• Wilhelm Henzen, Ephemeris Epigraphica: Corporis Inscriptionum Latinarum Supplementum (Journal of Inscriptions: Supplement to the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, abbreviated EE), Institute of Roman Archaeology, Rome (1872–1913).
• Bulletin Archéologique du Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques (Archaeological Bulletin of the Committee on Historic and Scientific Works, abbreviated BCTH), Imprimerie Nationale, Paris (1885–1973).
• René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
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• Stéphane Gsell, Inscriptions Latines de L'Algérie (Latin Inscriptions from Algeria, abbreviated ILAlg), Edouard Champion, Paris (1922–present).
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• Silvio Panciera, La collezione epigrafica dei musei Capitolini (The Epigraphic Collection of the Capitoline Museum, abbreviated CECapitol), Quasar Edizioni, Rome (1987).
• Giovanni Battista Brusin, Inscriptiones Aquileiae (Inscriptions of Aquileia, abbreviated InscrAqu), Udine (1991–1993).

Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 2 ("Occia").
2. Tacitus, Annales, ii. 58.
3. PIR, vol. II, p. 423.
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12. InscrAqu 3, 3535.
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14. ILAlg, 2-2, 4282.
15. BCTH, 1934-97.
16. ILGN, 238.
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39. AEA, 2015, 27.