Porcia (gens)

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Porcius, feminine Porcia, masculine plural Porcii, was the name (nomen) of the gens Porcia, who apparently originated in Tusculum.[1]

During the Roman Republic, the three branches of the gens were distinguished by the cognomina Laeca, Licinus, and Cato. The most illustrious were the Catones, especially the men known in the modern era as Cato the Elder and Cato the Younger.

During the Imperial era, the cognomina Festus, Latro, and Septimus are also found as branches of the Porcii.

Porcii of the Republic[edit]

Catones[edit]

Laecae[edit]

  • Publius Porcius Laeca (I) - tribune and proposer of Lex Porcia (I) in 199 BC, tresviri epulones in 196 BC.
  • Marcus Porcius Laeca - moneyer (tresviri monetalis) in 125 BC.
  • Publius Porcius Laeca (II) - tresviri monetalis in 110-109 BC, apparently tribunus plebis in 90s BC.

Licini[edit]

Porcii of the Empire[edit]

See also[edit]

  • Porcian Laws, named for their enactment under three members of the Gens Porcia

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tacitus, Annals XI.24
  2. ^ Gian Biagio Conte, Latin Literature: A History (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994, originally published 1987 in Italian), p. 139.