The
nomenLatinius seems to imply that the ancestors of the
gens were
Latins, and perhaps were once known by the surname of Latinus, designating them as such. But one of the earliest records of the family is an inscription on an
Etruscan cinerary urn, dating from the third century BC, which reads, AV·LATINI·VELSIAL, that is, "Aulus Latinius, son of Velsia". So the name may originally have been applied to an Etruscan family of Latin origin.
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Aulus Latinius Velsial natus, from an Etruscan cinerary urn, dating to the third century BC.[1]
Latinius Pandus,
propraetor of
Moesia during the reign of
Tiberius, was sent to
Thrace to secure the release of
Cotys, the Thracian king, from his uncle,
Rhescuporis, in AD 19. He died in Moesia later that year.[2]
Latinius Latiaris, a disciple of
Sejanus, was
praetor in an uncertain year during the reign of Tiberius. He
denounced Titius Sabinus, an
eques who had been a friend of
Germanicus, and who was put to death through Latinius' conniving. He was condemned and executed after the fall of Sejanus.[3]
The
nomenLatinius seems to imply that the ancestors of the
gens were
Latins, and perhaps were once known by the surname of Latinus, designating them as such. But one of the earliest records of the family is an inscription on an
Etruscan cinerary urn, dating from the third century BC, which reads, AV·LATINI·VELSIAL, that is, "Aulus Latinius, son of Velsia". So the name may originally have been applied to an Etruscan family of Latin origin.
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Aulus Latinius Velsial natus, from an Etruscan cinerary urn, dating to the third century BC.[1]
Latinius Pandus,
propraetor of
Moesia during the reign of
Tiberius, was sent to
Thrace to secure the release of
Cotys, the Thracian king, from his uncle,
Rhescuporis, in AD 19. He died in Moesia later that year.[2]
Latinius Latiaris, a disciple of
Sejanus, was
praetor in an uncertain year during the reign of Tiberius. He
denounced Titius Sabinus, an
eques who had been a friend of
Germanicus, and who was put to death through Latinius' conniving. He was condemned and executed after the fall of Sejanus.[3]