The gens Duronia was a
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Although relatively obscure, the family was of sufficient importance to hold a seat in the
Roman Senate. Its members are mentioned during the first and second centuries BC.[1]
None of the Duronii known to history bore any
cognomen.[1]
Members
Duronia, the mother of Publius Aebutius, married Titus Sempronius Rutilus, who disliked his stepson. Duronia attempted to initiate her son into the
Bacchic rites, but he betrayed the existence of the Bacchanalia to the
consuls, who suppressed them, in 186 BC.[2]
Lucius Duronius,
praetor in 181 BC, received
Apulia as his province. He was charged with investigating reports of the Bacchanalia, of which signs had been observed the previous year. Duronius was also required to investigate the
Istri, and sailed to
Illyria with ten ships, returning the following year and reporting that the Illyrian king
Gentius was the cause of the piracy in the
Adriatic.[3]
The gens Duronia was a
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Although relatively obscure, the family was of sufficient importance to hold a seat in the
Roman Senate. Its members are mentioned during the first and second centuries BC.[1]
None of the Duronii known to history bore any
cognomen.[1]
Members
Duronia, the mother of Publius Aebutius, married Titus Sempronius Rutilus, who disliked his stepson. Duronia attempted to initiate her son into the
Bacchic rites, but he betrayed the existence of the Bacchanalia to the
consuls, who suppressed them, in 186 BC.[2]
Lucius Duronius,
praetor in 181 BC, received
Apulia as his province. He was charged with investigating reports of the Bacchanalia, of which signs had been observed the previous year. Duronius was also required to investigate the
Istri, and sailed to
Illyria with ten ships, returning the following year and reporting that the Illyrian king
Gentius was the cause of the piracy in the
Adriatic.[3]