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Ancient Roman family
The gens Jania was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome . No members of this
gens are mentioned in ancient writers, but several are known from inscriptions.
Members
Lucius Janius, named in an inscription from
Pompeii in
Campania .
[1]
Janius Firmus, dedicated a tomb at Rome for his wife, and for his daughter, Grapta.
[2]
Jania Januaria, buried at
Aquae in
Dacia between AD 150 and 270, along with Gaius Janius Januarius and Janius Marcianus.
[3]
Gaius Janius Januarius, buried at Aquae between AD 150 and 270, along with Janius Marcianus and Jania Januaria.
[3]
Servius Janius Juventius, made an offering to
Hercules Invictus at
Sibrium in
Gallia Transpadana , dating to the latter half of the third century.
[4]
Janius Marcianus, buried at Aquae between AD 150 and 270, along with Gaius Janius Marcianus and Jania Januaria.
[3]
See also
References
Bibliography
Theodor Mommsen et alii ,
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated CIL ), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
René Cagnat et alii ,
L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE ), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
Inscriptiones Daciae Romanae (Inscriptions from Roman Dacia, abbreviated IDR ), Bucharest (1975–present).