The gens Ateia was a
plebeian family at
Rome. The
gens does not appear to have been particularly large or important, and is known from a small number of individuals, of whom the most illustrious was the jurist
Gaius Ateius Capito,
consul in AD 5.[1]
Praenomina
The only
praenomina associated with the Ateii mentioned by Roman writers are Lucius, Gaius, and Marcus, the three most common names at all periods of Roman history.
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Lucius Ateius Capito,
quaestor by 52 BC, was subsequently praetor, also in an uncertain year. He may be the father or grandfather of Gaius Ateius Capito, the jurist.[9]
Marcus Ateius Balbus, patron and perhaps the founder of
Uselis in
Sardinia, of which he may have been the governor circa 38 BC.[10]
^This filiation from the
Fasti Capitolini. Historians have traditionally supposed him to be the son of Gaius Ateius Capito, tribune of the plebs in 55 BC.
References
^
ab"Capito, C. Ateius", in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, pp. 599–602.
The gens Ateia was a
plebeian family at
Rome. The
gens does not appear to have been particularly large or important, and is known from a small number of individuals, of whom the most illustrious was the jurist
Gaius Ateius Capito,
consul in AD 5.[1]
Praenomina
The only
praenomina associated with the Ateii mentioned by Roman writers are Lucius, Gaius, and Marcus, the three most common names at all periods of Roman history.
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Lucius Ateius Capito,
quaestor by 52 BC, was subsequently praetor, also in an uncertain year. He may be the father or grandfather of Gaius Ateius Capito, the jurist.[9]
Marcus Ateius Balbus, patron and perhaps the founder of
Uselis in
Sardinia, of which he may have been the governor circa 38 BC.[10]
^This filiation from the
Fasti Capitolini. Historians have traditionally supposed him to be the son of Gaius Ateius Capito, tribune of the plebs in 55 BC.
References
^
ab"Capito, C. Ateius", in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, pp. 599–602.