The gens Ofania was a minor
plebeian family at
Rome. Members of this
gens known almost entirely from inscriptions.
Origin
The
nomenOfanius belongs to a class of gentilicia apparently formed from cognomina ending in -anus, or place-names ending in -anum, although in this case neither a surname Ofanus nor a place called Ofanum is known.[1]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Gaius Ofanius, named in an inscription from
Nursia in
Samnium.[2]
Lucius Ofanius L. l., a freedman named in an inscription from Rome.[3]
Titus Ofanius T. f., named in an inscription from the present site of
Spilamberto, a village just south of
Mutina in northern Italy.[4]
Ofania Sex. l. Alexandria, a freedwoman named in a dedicatory inscription from Rome.[5]
Marcus Ofanius Aristionis, built a funerary monument at Rome for himself and his son, Marcus Ofanius Primus.[6]
Sextus Ofanius Eros, perhaps the former master of Ofania Alexandria, named in an inscription from Rome.[7]
Ofanius Hyginus, dedicated a monument at
Peltuinum in Samnium to his brother, Quintus Tattius Vestinus, and his wife, Alledia.[8]
Ofania Januaria, dedicated a monument at
Misenum to her friend, the soldier Valerius Saturninus, who died aged twenty-eight.[9]
Marcus Ofanius M. f. Primus, buried at Rome with his father, Marcus Ofanius Aristonis.[6]
Ofania C. f. Quarta, the wife of Gaius Papirius Masso. Her husband served as
military tribune,
plebeian aedile, quaesitor judex and curator frumenti.[10][11]
Gaius Ofanius C. f. Valens Cyrro, a soldier in the
fifteenth legion, buried at
Carnuntum, aged thirty, having served eight years.[12]
The gens Ofania was a minor
plebeian family at
Rome. Members of this
gens known almost entirely from inscriptions.
Origin
The
nomenOfanius belongs to a class of gentilicia apparently formed from cognomina ending in -anus, or place-names ending in -anum, although in this case neither a surname Ofanus nor a place called Ofanum is known.[1]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Gaius Ofanius, named in an inscription from
Nursia in
Samnium.[2]
Lucius Ofanius L. l., a freedman named in an inscription from Rome.[3]
Titus Ofanius T. f., named in an inscription from the present site of
Spilamberto, a village just south of
Mutina in northern Italy.[4]
Ofania Sex. l. Alexandria, a freedwoman named in a dedicatory inscription from Rome.[5]
Marcus Ofanius Aristionis, built a funerary monument at Rome for himself and his son, Marcus Ofanius Primus.[6]
Sextus Ofanius Eros, perhaps the former master of Ofania Alexandria, named in an inscription from Rome.[7]
Ofanius Hyginus, dedicated a monument at
Peltuinum in Samnium to his brother, Quintus Tattius Vestinus, and his wife, Alledia.[8]
Ofania Januaria, dedicated a monument at
Misenum to her friend, the soldier Valerius Saturninus, who died aged twenty-eight.[9]
Marcus Ofanius M. f. Primus, buried at Rome with his father, Marcus Ofanius Aristonis.[6]
Ofania C. f. Quarta, the wife of Gaius Papirius Masso. Her husband served as
military tribune,
plebeian aedile, quaesitor judex and curator frumenti.[10][11]
Gaius Ofanius C. f. Valens Cyrro, a soldier in the
fifteenth legion, buried at
Carnuntum, aged thirty, having served eight years.[12]