The gens Novia was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens first appear during the final century of the
Republic, but the first of the Novii to obtain the
consulship was Decimus Junius Novius Priscus in AD 78.[1]
Origin
The
nomenNovius is a patronymic surname, derived from the common
OscanpraenomenNovius. Since both the praenomen and nomen have the same form, it can be difficult to determine in some cases whether persons named Novius bore it as a praenomen or a nomen gentilicium. In either case, the name itself establishes the Oscan origin of the Novii.[2]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Novius Facundus, a mathematician in the time of
Augustus, who devised a means of measuring the length of days using an obelisk erected on the
campus Martius.[8][9]
Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul in AD 78. He is probably the same Novius Priscus who was among
Seneca's friends, banished by
Nero in AD 66. His wife was Artoria Flacilla.[10][9]
Gaius Novius Priscus, consul suffectus in AD 152. He married Flavia Menodora.[9]
Gaius Novius C. f. Rusticus Venuleius Apronianus, the son of Priscus and Flavia Menodora, served as tribunus laticlavius with the
sixth legion, was a legate in
Asia, a candidate for
quaestor and tribune of the plebs, and praetor designatus.[15]
Publius Novius L. f. Saturninus Martialis Marcellus, the son of Crispinus, consul circa AD 150.[15]
Lucius Novius Rufus, consul suffectus in AD 186, he was legate pro praetore in
Hispania Tarraconensis in 193. Rufus was among the leading Romans put to death by
Septimius Severus without cause.[16][15]
Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Augustan History).
Friedrich Heinrich Bothe, Poëtae Scenici Latinorum (Fragments of the Latin Theatrical Poets), Heinrich Vogler, Halberstadt (1822).
The gens Novia was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens first appear during the final century of the
Republic, but the first of the Novii to obtain the
consulship was Decimus Junius Novius Priscus in AD 78.[1]
Origin
The
nomenNovius is a patronymic surname, derived from the common
OscanpraenomenNovius. Since both the praenomen and nomen have the same form, it can be difficult to determine in some cases whether persons named Novius bore it as a praenomen or a nomen gentilicium. In either case, the name itself establishes the Oscan origin of the Novii.[2]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Novius Facundus, a mathematician in the time of
Augustus, who devised a means of measuring the length of days using an obelisk erected on the
campus Martius.[8][9]
Decimus Junius Novius Priscus, consul in AD 78. He is probably the same Novius Priscus who was among
Seneca's friends, banished by
Nero in AD 66. His wife was Artoria Flacilla.[10][9]
Gaius Novius Priscus, consul suffectus in AD 152. He married Flavia Menodora.[9]
Gaius Novius C. f. Rusticus Venuleius Apronianus, the son of Priscus and Flavia Menodora, served as tribunus laticlavius with the
sixth legion, was a legate in
Asia, a candidate for
quaestor and tribune of the plebs, and praetor designatus.[15]
Publius Novius L. f. Saturninus Martialis Marcellus, the son of Crispinus, consul circa AD 150.[15]
Lucius Novius Rufus, consul suffectus in AD 186, he was legate pro praetore in
Hispania Tarraconensis in 193. Rufus was among the leading Romans put to death by
Septimius Severus without cause.[16][15]
Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Augustan History).
Friedrich Heinrich Bothe, Poëtae Scenici Latinorum (Fragments of the Latin Theatrical Poets), Heinrich Vogler, Halberstadt (1822).