The gens Palfuria was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned during the first century of the
Empire. The most illustrious of the family was Publius Palfurius, who held the
consulship in AD 55.[1]
Origin
The nomen Palfurius Seems to belong to a class of
gentilicia formed using various less-common suffixes, such as -urius, perhaps from an earlier form ending in -usius. Other nomina sharing a similar morphology include Furius and Veturius, originally Fusius and Vetusius.
Branches and cognomina
The only distinct family of the Palfurii bore the
cognomenSura, originally designating someone with prominent calves.[2]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Publius Palfurius, consul suffectus ex Kal. Sept. in AD 55, early in the reign of
Nero.[3]
Marcus Palfurius P. f. Sura, described by
Juvenal as a lawyer serving the imperial treasury. He was banished, and
Domitian refused to hear a popular request for his recall.[4][5]
Palfuria Eutychia, a freedwoman, and the wife of Lucius Palfurius Mercurius, buried at Rome.[7]
Lucius Palfurius Mercurius, the husband of Palfuria Eutychia, to whom a monument was dedicated at Rome.[7]
Palfuria D. l. Roda, a freedwoman named in an inscription from Rome.[8]
Titus Palfurius Marcellinus, the husband of Ennia Procula, and father of Titus Palfurius Marcianus and Gaius Ennius Marcellinus, who dedicated a monument to their father at the current site of Brecciasecca in
Samnium.[9]
Titus Palfurius T. f. Marcianus, the son of Titus Palfurius Marcellinus and Ennia Procula, known from a funerary inscription found at Brecciasecca.[9]
Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Augustan History).
The gens Palfuria was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned during the first century of the
Empire. The most illustrious of the family was Publius Palfurius, who held the
consulship in AD 55.[1]
Origin
The nomen Palfurius Seems to belong to a class of
gentilicia formed using various less-common suffixes, such as -urius, perhaps from an earlier form ending in -usius. Other nomina sharing a similar morphology include Furius and Veturius, originally Fusius and Vetusius.
Branches and cognomina
The only distinct family of the Palfurii bore the
cognomenSura, originally designating someone with prominent calves.[2]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Publius Palfurius, consul suffectus ex Kal. Sept. in AD 55, early in the reign of
Nero.[3]
Marcus Palfurius P. f. Sura, described by
Juvenal as a lawyer serving the imperial treasury. He was banished, and
Domitian refused to hear a popular request for his recall.[4][5]
Palfuria Eutychia, a freedwoman, and the wife of Lucius Palfurius Mercurius, buried at Rome.[7]
Lucius Palfurius Mercurius, the husband of Palfuria Eutychia, to whom a monument was dedicated at Rome.[7]
Palfuria D. l. Roda, a freedwoman named in an inscription from Rome.[8]
Titus Palfurius Marcellinus, the husband of Ennia Procula, and father of Titus Palfurius Marcianus and Gaius Ennius Marcellinus, who dedicated a monument to their father at the current site of Brecciasecca in
Samnium.[9]
Titus Palfurius T. f. Marcianus, the son of Titus Palfurius Marcellinus and Ennia Procula, known from a funerary inscription found at Brecciasecca.[9]
Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Augustan History).