Laberia gens
The gens Laberia was a minor family at Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned in the time of Caesar, at which time they held equestrian rank.
Members
- Decimus Laberius, an eques, celebrated as a writer of mimes. Caesar offered him 500,000 sestertii to appear on the stage at his triumphal games in 45 BC; Laberius complied, but took advantage of the opportunity to beard the dictator, and spar verbally with Cicero, and with his rival, Publilius Syrus.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
- Laberius, a poet mentioned by Martial, who might be identified with the comedic writer.[8]
- Quintus Laberius Durus, a military tribune, fell in battle during Caesar's second expedition to Britain.[9][10]
- Laberius Maximus, procurator of Judea in AD 73 and 74, during the reign of Vespasian. Following the destruction of Jerusalem, Laberius was ordered to offer all the lands of Judea for sale. He may the same Laberius Maximus whom Trajan banished.[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ St. Jerome, In Chronicon Eusebii, Olympiad 184. 2.
- ^ Macrobius, Saturnalia ii. 3, 7, vii. 3.
- ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, vii. 11, xii. 18.
- ^ Horace, Satirae, i. 10, 6.
- ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Caesar", 39.
- ^ Seneca the Younger, De Ira, ii. 11.
- ^ Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, iii. 18.
- ^ Martial, vi. 14.
- ^ Caesar, De Bello Gallico, v. 15.
- ^ Orosius, vi. 9.
- ^ Josephus, Bellum Judaïcum, vii. 6. § 6.
- ^ Spartianus, "The Life of Hadrian", 5.
Bibliography
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares.
- Gaius Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic War).
- Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Satirae.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Controversiae.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, De Ira (On Anger).
- Flavius Josephus, Bellum Judaïcum (The Jewish War).
- Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, De Vita Caesarum (Lives of the Caesars, or The Twelve Caesars).
- Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), Epigrammata (Epigrams).
- Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Augustan History).
- Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Saturnalia.
- Paulus Orosius, Historiarum Adversum Paganos (History Against the Pagans).
- Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus (St. Jerome), In Chronicon Eusebii (The Chronicon of Eusebius).
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).