Sennia gens
The gens Sennia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are mentioned in history, but others are known from inscriptions.[1]
Origin
[edit]A large majority of the Sennii are known from inscriptions from various parts of Gaul, suggesting that the family was of Gallic origin.
Praenomina
[edit]The main praenomina of the Sennii were Lucius, Gaius, and Marcus, the three most common names throughout all periods of Roman history. Less frequently the Sennii employed a variety of other common praenomina, including Titus, Quintus, Sextus, and Decimus.
Members
[edit]- This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
- Sennius Sabinus, proconsul of an unknown province, to whom the emperor Hadrian gave instructions that slaves accused of a crime should not be tortured in order to obtain a confession, unless already suspected and other evidence obtained, with only a confession wanting. The jurist Ulpian mentions Hadrian's letter to Sabinus in his De Officio Proconsulis.[2]
- Sennius, a mid-second century potter whose workshop was in Manduessedum, formerly part of Roman Britain. He is known for his mortaria, found throughout Britain and Gaul.[3][4][5]
- Titus Sennius Sollemnis, the son of Sollemninus, was one of the municipal duumvirs at Aragenua in Gallia Lugdunensis, named in a dedicatory inscription dating to AD 238.[6]
Undated Sennii
[edit]- Sennia, named in an inscription from Cataractonium in Britain.[7]
- Sennia, buried at Segessera in Gallia Lugdunensis, with a monument from her father, Sennius Bellicus.[8]
- Marcus Sennius Antius, buried at Nemausus in Gallia Narbonensis.[9]
- Sennia T. f. Atticilla, dedicated a second-century monument at Rome to her husband, Lucius Statius Epagathus, together with their children, Statia Statorina and Statius Statorinus.[10]
- Sennius Bellicus, built a monument at Segessera for his daughter, Sennia.[8]
- Titus Sennius Felix, a native of Puteoli in Campania, was a teacher mentioned in an inscription from Juliobona in Gallia Lugdunensis, along with his student, "Amor".[11]
- Sennius L. f. Eularus, a soldier in the sixth cohort of the century of Magnus, buried at Rome in a tomb built by his heir, Julius Candidus.[12]
- Marcus Sennius Fronto, fulfilled a vow made to Diana, according to an inscription found at Badenweiler, formerly part of Germania Superior.[13]
- Lucius Sennius Germanus, dedicated a monument at Vienna in Gallia Narbonensis to his son, Lucius Aterius Augustalis.[14]
- Lucius Sennius Hermogenes, buried at the present site of Bouillargues, formerly part of Gallia Narbonensis, aged twenty-two years and seven months, with a monument from his nurse, Titia Epictesis.[15]
- Sennia Hygia, the wife of Titus Vettius Carugenus, who dedicated a monument at Nemausus to her, and to their son, Vettius Severus.[16]
- Sennia Hygia, buried at Nemausus.[17]
- Sennia Iulla, the wife of Marcus Sennius Metilius Treverus, a merchant in Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul, buried with her husband at Lugdunum in Gallia Lugdunensis, in a tomb built by their children.[18]
- Gaius Sennius Iullus, named in an inscription from Nemausus.[19]
- Sennius Macer, named in an inscription from Limonum in Gallia Aquitania.[20]
- Sennius Major, buried at Treveri in Gallia Belgica, with a monument from his wife.[21]
- Sennius Marcianus, named in an inscription found at Cran-Gevrier, formerly part of Gallia Narbonensis.[22]
- Sennius Marianus, together with Luccius Marcianus, made an offering to Soio, a river goddess worshipped at Valentia in Gallia Narbonensis.[23]
- Sennius Martius, an augur named in an inscription dedicated to Mercury at the present site of Creys-Mépieu, formerly part of Gallia Narbonensis.[24]
- Marcus Sennius Metilius Treverus, a merchant engaged in trade in Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul, buried at Lugdunum along with his wife, Sennia Iulla, in a tomb built by their children.[18]
- Quintus Sennius Onesiphorus, buried at Nemausus, with a monument from his mother, Sennia Porpuris.[25]
- Sennia Porpuris, built a tomb at Nemausus for her son, Quintus Sennius Onesiphorus.[25]
- Lucius Sennius Primus, buried at Ugernum in Gallia Narbonensis, together with his wife, Messia Dubitata, with a monument from their sons, Lucius Sennius Saturninus, Lucius Sennius Secundus, and Lucius Sennius Servatus.[26]
- Gaius Sennius Sabinus, made an offering to Mars at Genava in Gallia Narbonensis.[27]
- Lucius Sennius L. f. Saturninus, the son of Lucius Sennius Primus and Messia Dubitata, for whom he and his brothers built a tomb at Ugernum.[26]
- Gaius Sennius C. f. Sabinus, prefect of the engineers at a Roman camp near the present site of Marigny-Saint-Marcel, formerly part of Gallia Narbonensis.[28]
- Sennia Sex. f. Secunda, buried at Ucetia in Gallia Narbonensis.[29]
- Lucius Sennius L. f. Secundus, the son of Lucius Sennius Primus and Messia Dubitata, for whom he and his brothers built a tomb at Ugernum.[26]
- Lucius Sennius L. f. Servatus, the son of Lucius Sennius Primus and Messia Dubitata, for whom he and his brothers built a tomb at Ugernum.[26]
- Marcus Sennius M. f. Verus, a native of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germania Inferior, buried at Rome, aged twenty, with a tomb built by Messor.[30]
- Decimus Sennius Vitalis, one of the municipal duumvirs at Glevum in Britain, in an uncertain year.[31]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ PIR, vol. III, p. 198.
- ^ Digesta, 48. tit. 18. 1. praefatio, 5.
- ^ CIL VII, 1336,1027a, CIL VII, 1336,1027b, CIL VII, 1336,1027c, CIL XII, 5686,814, AE 1994, 1235a, CAG, 59. 2, pp. 117, 123; 63, 1, p. 252; 80. 1. pp. 133, 142, 163, 206, 220.
- ^ "Manduessedum", in Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.
- ^ Rushworth, Housesteads Roman Fort, p. 532.
- ^ CIL XIII, 3162.
- ^ RIB, ii. 7, 2501, 501.
- ^ a b AE 1965, 331.
- ^ CIL XII, 3898.
- ^ BCAR, 1941, 187.
- ^ AE 1978, 500.
- ^ CIL VI, 3649.
- ^ CIL XIII, 5334.
- ^ CIL XII, 2000.
- ^ CIL XII, 3899.
- ^ BCTH 1930/31, 300
- ^ CIL XII, 3902.
- ^ a b CIL XIII, 2029.
- ^ CIL XII, 2782.
- ^ CIL XIII, 1149.
- ^ CIL XIII, 4033.
- ^ CIL XII, 2538.
- ^ CIL XII, 2656.
- ^ CIL XII, 2378.
- ^ a b CIL XII, 3900.
- ^ a b c d CIL XII, 2837.
- ^ CIL XII, 2592.
- ^ CIL XII, 2493, CIL XII, 2494, CIL XII, 2495.
- ^ CIL XII, 2859.
- ^ CIL VI, 36325.
- ^ RIB, ii. 5, 2487, 6, 1–10.
Bibliography
[edit]- Digesta, or Pandectae (The Digest).
- Theodor Mommsen et alii, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated CIL), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
- Bullettino della Commissione Archeologica Comunale in Roma (Bulletin of the Municipal Archaeological Commission of Rome, abbreviated BCAR), (1872–present).
- 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).
- Paul von Rohden, Elimar Klebs, & Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated PIR), Berlin (1898).
- La Carte Archéologique de la Gaule (Archaeological Map of Gaul, abbreviated CAG), Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1931–present).
- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Richard Stilwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAlister, eds., Princeton University Press (1976).
- The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (abbreviated RIB), Oxford, (1990–present).
- Alan Rushworth, Housesteads Roman Fort – The Grandest Station: Excavation and Survey at Housesteads, 1954–95, English Heritage Publishing (2014).