The gens Pacuvia was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned during the second century BC, and from then down to the first century of the
Empire Pacuvii are occasionally encountered in the historians. The first of the Pacuvii to achieve prominence at Rome, and certainly the most illustrious of the family, was the tragic poet
Marcus Pacuvius.[1]
Origin
As a nomen, Pacuvius is evidently derived from a common
Oscanpraenomen, also rendered Pacuvius. The first certain instance of the name as a
gentilicium occurs with the tragedian Marcus Pacuvius, a native of
Brundisium in
Calabria, who was born circa 220 BC, and was active at Rome for many years before his death, circa 130.[1]
Members
Marcus Pacuvius, the poet, whom
Horace regarded as one of the most important of the early tragedians. He wrote in various genres, and was notable not just for translating the works of the Greek playwrights, but for adapting them, as well as creating original plays depicting traditional Roman stories.[1]
Marcus Pacuvius Claudus, together with his brother, Quintus, joined the accusation of repetundarum[i] made by Publius Valerius Triarius against
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus in 54 BC.[2]
Quintus Pacuvius Claudus, one of the accusers of Scaurus, together with his brother, Marcus.[2]
Sextus Pacuvius Taurus, a
plebeian aedile mentioned by
Pliny the Elder, as having had repaired one of the statues of the
Cumaean Sibyl that stood near the
Rostra. Probably a different man from the tribune of the plebs under
Augustus, who must have lived at a later period.[3]
Sextus Pacuvius Taurus,
tribune of the plebs in 27 BC, was the pre-eminent flatterer of Augustus, and the proposer of the law by which the month of Sextilis was renamed in honour of the emperor. Macrobius relates an anecdote in which the emperor played a joke upon Pacuvius.[4][5][6]
Pacuvius Labeo, a jurist, and one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. Mentioned by
Aulus Gellius as the recipient of a letter by Sinnius Capito, cited as an authority in a grammatical dispute. His son was the jurist
Antistius Labeo.[7]
The gens Pacuvia was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned during the second century BC, and from then down to the first century of the
Empire Pacuvii are occasionally encountered in the historians. The first of the Pacuvii to achieve prominence at Rome, and certainly the most illustrious of the family, was the tragic poet
Marcus Pacuvius.[1]
Origin
As a nomen, Pacuvius is evidently derived from a common
Oscanpraenomen, also rendered Pacuvius. The first certain instance of the name as a
gentilicium occurs with the tragedian Marcus Pacuvius, a native of
Brundisium in
Calabria, who was born circa 220 BC, and was active at Rome for many years before his death, circa 130.[1]
Members
Marcus Pacuvius, the poet, whom
Horace regarded as one of the most important of the early tragedians. He wrote in various genres, and was notable not just for translating the works of the Greek playwrights, but for adapting them, as well as creating original plays depicting traditional Roman stories.[1]
Marcus Pacuvius Claudus, together with his brother, Quintus, joined the accusation of repetundarum[i] made by Publius Valerius Triarius against
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus in 54 BC.[2]
Quintus Pacuvius Claudus, one of the accusers of Scaurus, together with his brother, Marcus.[2]
Sextus Pacuvius Taurus, a
plebeian aedile mentioned by
Pliny the Elder, as having had repaired one of the statues of the
Cumaean Sibyl that stood near the
Rostra. Probably a different man from the tribune of the plebs under
Augustus, who must have lived at a later period.[3]
Sextus Pacuvius Taurus,
tribune of the plebs in 27 BC, was the pre-eminent flatterer of Augustus, and the proposer of the law by which the month of Sextilis was renamed in honour of the emperor. Macrobius relates an anecdote in which the emperor played a joke upon Pacuvius.[4][5][6]
Pacuvius Labeo, a jurist, and one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. Mentioned by
Aulus Gellius as the recipient of a letter by Sinnius Capito, cited as an authority in a grammatical dispute. His son was the jurist
Antistius Labeo.[7]