Modia (gens)
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The gens Modia was a minor family at Ancient Rome, known from a small number of individuals.[1]
Praenomina used by the gens[edit]
The Modii are known to have used the praenomina Quintus, Septimus, Marcus, Gaius, and Lucius.[2][3]
Members of the gens[edit]
- Quintus Modius Equiculus, spoken of by the scholar Marcus Terentius Varro.[4]
- Septimus Modius, known from an inscription.[5]
- Marcus Modius, spoken of by Cicero.[6]
- Modia, a Roman matron mentioned by Juvenal.[7]
- Modius Julius, governor of Britannia Inferior in A.D. 219.
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
- ^ Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft.
- ^ Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum Rusticarum libri III, ii. 7.
- ^ Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft.
- ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Verrem, ii. 48.
- ^ Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Satires, iii. 130.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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