The gens Quartia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. No members of this
gens appear in history, but several are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The
nomenQuartius is a patronymic surname, derived from the
cognomenQuartus, fourth. There may at one time have been a
praenomenQuartus, but it was not in general use in historical times, except in the feminine form, Quarta, which was regularly used as both a praenomen and cognomen.[1]
Titus Quartius Crescentinius, named in a funerary inscription from
Lilybaeum in
Sicily.[5]
Quartia Herois, daughter of Quartia Aphrodisia, wife of Marcus Publius Posidonius, and mother of Publius Flavianus, buried at
Arelate in Gallia Narbonensis, aged twenty-two.[4]
Quartia Irvatilla, buried at
Massilia in Gallia Narbonensis.[6]
Titus Quartius Masculus, named in a funerary inscription from Lilybaeum.[5]
Gaius Quartius Quintinus, dedicated a tomb for his friend, Gaius Apisius Zosimus, and his wife, Romogillia Festa, at
Nemausus in Gallia Narbonensis.[8]
René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
Hans Petersen, "The Numeral Praenomina of the Romans", in Transactions of the American Philological Association, vol. xciii, pp. 347–354 (1962).
Cristóbal Veny, Corpus de las Inscripciones Baleáricas hasta la Dominación Árabe (The Balearic Inscriptions up to the Arab Conquest, abbreviated CIBalear), Madrid (1965).
The gens Quartia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. No members of this
gens appear in history, but several are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The
nomenQuartius is a patronymic surname, derived from the
cognomenQuartus, fourth. There may at one time have been a
praenomenQuartus, but it was not in general use in historical times, except in the feminine form, Quarta, which was regularly used as both a praenomen and cognomen.[1]
Titus Quartius Crescentinius, named in a funerary inscription from
Lilybaeum in
Sicily.[5]
Quartia Herois, daughter of Quartia Aphrodisia, wife of Marcus Publius Posidonius, and mother of Publius Flavianus, buried at
Arelate in Gallia Narbonensis, aged twenty-two.[4]
Quartia Irvatilla, buried at
Massilia in Gallia Narbonensis.[6]
Titus Quartius Masculus, named in a funerary inscription from Lilybaeum.[5]
Gaius Quartius Quintinus, dedicated a tomb for his friend, Gaius Apisius Zosimus, and his wife, Romogillia Festa, at
Nemausus in Gallia Narbonensis.[8]
René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
Hans Petersen, "The Numeral Praenomina of the Romans", in Transactions of the American Philological Association, vol. xciii, pp. 347–354 (1962).
Cristóbal Veny, Corpus de las Inscripciones Baleáricas hasta la Dominación Árabe (The Balearic Inscriptions up to the Arab Conquest, abbreviated CIBalear), Madrid (1965).