Tadia gens explained

The gens Tadia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned in the time of Cicero, but few achieved any great distinction in the Roman state.[1]

Origin

The nomen Tadius seems to be of Sabine origin. Some of the Tadii known from inscriptions came from Sabinum, and Chase classifies the name among those gentilicia that were evidently not Latin, but came from Sabinum, Umbria, or other parts of central and southern Italy.[2]

Praenomina

The Tadii seem to have used a variety of common praenomina, including Publius, Quintus, Titus, Sextus, and Marcus. One inscription shows that they also used the Sabine praenomen Attius.

Members

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 972 ("Tadius").
  2. Chase, pp. 128, 129.
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  4. PW, Tadius 3.
  5. Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, i. 5, 8.
  6. Cicero, In Verrem, actio II, i. 39 s. 100; ii. 20 s. 49; v. 25.
  7. PW, Tadius 1.
  8. Cicero, In Verrem, actio II, i. 49, 50 s. 128–130; iv. 13 s. 31.
  9. PW, Tadius 2.
  10. PW, Tadius 4.
  11. PW, Tadius 5.
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  13. PW, Tadius 6.
  14. PIR, T. 2.