Coruncania gens
The gens Coruncania was a plebeian or family at Rome. The first of the family to come to prominence was Tiberius Coruncanius, a novus homo who became consul in 280 BC, and dictator in 246.[1]
Origin
According to Cicero, Tiberius Coruncanius was a townsman of Tusculum.[2] However, in a speech recorded by Tacitus, the emperor Claudius stated that the Coruncanii came from Camerium.[3]
Praenomina used
The praenomina associated with the Coruncanii are Tiberius, Gaius, Lucius, and Publius.[1]
Members of the gens
- This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
- Tiberius Coruncanius, grandfather of the consul of 280 BC.
- Tiberius Coruncanius Ti. f., father of the consul of 280 BC.
- Tiberius Coruncanius Ti. f. Ti. n., consul in 280 BC, and afterwards censor (270), Pontifex Maximus (circa 254), and dictator (246); a distinguished orator and jurist.
- Gaius and Lucius Coruncanius (Ti. f. Ti. n.), ambassadors sent to Teuta in 228 BC, to complain of the maritime depredations of her subjects. At least one of them was put to death at her orders.[4][5][6] Polybius calls them Gaius and Lucius, while Plinius calls them Publius and Tiberius.
See also
References
- ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
- ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pro Plancio, 8.
- ^ Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Annales, xi. 24.
- ^ Appianus, The Illyrian Wars, 10.2.7.
- ^ Polybius, The Histories, ii. 8.
- ^ Gaius Plinius Secundus, Historia Naturalis, xxxiv. 6.
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