The gens Priscia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. No members of this
gens are mentioned in history, but several are known from inscriptions. A family of this name settled at
Virunum in
Noricum.
The
praenomina associated with the Priscii are Gaius, Titus, Publius, and Quintus, all of which were among the most common names throughout Roman history.
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Gaius Priscius Crescentinus, named in an inscription from the temple of
Mithras at Virunum.[14]
Priscius Eustochus, a freedman, dedicated a tomb at
Lugdunum to his companion, Lucius Sabinius Cassianus, together with Cassianus' widow, Flavia Livia.[15]
Priscia C. f. Iantulla, buried at Virunum, was the sister of Priscia Prima, Quintus Priscius Priscianus, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Publius Priscius Verecundus.[16]
Priscius Marcianus, buried at Durocortorum in a tomb dedicated by his wife, Priscia Calliope.[13]
Gaius Priscius Oppidanus, named in two inscriptions from Virunum in Noricum, one of them dating between AD 182 and 184.[17][14]
Priscia C. f. Prima, buried at Virunum, was the sister of Priscia Iantulla, Quintus Priscius Priscianus, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Publius Priscius Verecundus.[16]
Quintus Priscius C. f. Priscianus, buried at Virunum, was the brother of Priscia Iantulla, Priscia Prima, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Publius Priscius Verecundus, and the husband of Venustina.[16]
Titus Priscius Sabinus, along with Gaius Sextilius Severus, one of the heirs of Gaius Braecius Verus, a
Dalmatic soldier buried at
Ravenna in
Cisalpine Gaul, aged forty.[19]
Gaius Priscius C. f. Statutus, buried at Virunum, was the brother of Priscia Iantulla, Priscia Prima, Publius Priscius Verecundus, and Quintus Priscius Priscianus, and the husband of Barbia Venusta.[16]
Gaius Priscius C. l. Surio, a freedman, and husband of Septima, buried at Virunum.[20]
Publius Priscius C. f. Verecundus, buried at Virunum, was the brother of Priscia Iantulla, Priscia Prima, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Quintus Priscius Priscianus.[16]
Giovanni Battista de Rossi, Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romanae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores (Christian Inscriptions from Rome of the First Seven Centuries, abbreviated ICUR), Vatican Library, Rome (1857–1861, 1888).
Ettore Pais, Corporis Inscriptionum Latinarum Supplementa Italica (Italian Supplement to the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum), Rome (1884).
René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897).
John C. Traupman, The New College Latin & English Dictionary, Bantam Books, New York (1995).
Gabrielle Kremer, Antike Grabbauten in Noricum. Katalog und Auswertung von Werkstücken als Beitrag zur Rekonstruktion und Typologie (Ancient Tombs in Noricum: Catalog and Evaluation of Workpieces to Contribute to Reconstruction and Typology, abbreviated AGN), Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, Vienna (2001).
The gens Priscia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. No members of this
gens are mentioned in history, but several are known from inscriptions. A family of this name settled at
Virunum in
Noricum.
The
praenomina associated with the Priscii are Gaius, Titus, Publius, and Quintus, all of which were among the most common names throughout Roman history.
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Gaius Priscius Crescentinus, named in an inscription from the temple of
Mithras at Virunum.[14]
Priscius Eustochus, a freedman, dedicated a tomb at
Lugdunum to his companion, Lucius Sabinius Cassianus, together with Cassianus' widow, Flavia Livia.[15]
Priscia C. f. Iantulla, buried at Virunum, was the sister of Priscia Prima, Quintus Priscius Priscianus, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Publius Priscius Verecundus.[16]
Priscius Marcianus, buried at Durocortorum in a tomb dedicated by his wife, Priscia Calliope.[13]
Gaius Priscius Oppidanus, named in two inscriptions from Virunum in Noricum, one of them dating between AD 182 and 184.[17][14]
Priscia C. f. Prima, buried at Virunum, was the sister of Priscia Iantulla, Quintus Priscius Priscianus, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Publius Priscius Verecundus.[16]
Quintus Priscius C. f. Priscianus, buried at Virunum, was the brother of Priscia Iantulla, Priscia Prima, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Publius Priscius Verecundus, and the husband of Venustina.[16]
Titus Priscius Sabinus, along with Gaius Sextilius Severus, one of the heirs of Gaius Braecius Verus, a
Dalmatic soldier buried at
Ravenna in
Cisalpine Gaul, aged forty.[19]
Gaius Priscius C. f. Statutus, buried at Virunum, was the brother of Priscia Iantulla, Priscia Prima, Publius Priscius Verecundus, and Quintus Priscius Priscianus, and the husband of Barbia Venusta.[16]
Gaius Priscius C. l. Surio, a freedman, and husband of Septima, buried at Virunum.[20]
Publius Priscius C. f. Verecundus, buried at Virunum, was the brother of Priscia Iantulla, Priscia Prima, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Quintus Priscius Priscianus.[16]
Giovanni Battista de Rossi, Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romanae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores (Christian Inscriptions from Rome of the First Seven Centuries, abbreviated ICUR), Vatican Library, Rome (1857–1861, 1888).
Ettore Pais, Corporis Inscriptionum Latinarum Supplementa Italica (Italian Supplement to the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum), Rome (1884).
René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897).
John C. Traupman, The New College Latin & English Dictionary, Bantam Books, New York (1995).
Gabrielle Kremer, Antike Grabbauten in Noricum. Katalog und Auswertung von Werkstücken als Beitrag zur Rekonstruktion und Typologie (Ancient Tombs in Noricum: Catalog and Evaluation of Workpieces to Contribute to Reconstruction and Typology, abbreviated AGN), Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, Vienna (2001).