The gens Rabiria was a minor
plebeian family at Ancient Rome. Although of
senatorial rank, few members of this
gens appear in history, and the only one known to have held any of the higher offices of the Roman state was
Gaius Rabirius Postumus, who was
praetorcirca 48 or 47 BC.[1]
Origin
The great majority of Rabirii known from inscriptions lived in Italy, and a large family of this name seems to have lived at
Tusculum, an ancient city of
Latium not far from Rome. Another of the Rabirii bears the
cognomenTiburtinus, indicating that he or his ancestors probably came from
Tibur, another city of northern Latium, not far from Rome and Tusculum, and strongly suggesting that the Rabirii were
Latins.
Rabiria, sister of the senator Rabirius, married Gaius Curius, a
publican, and was the mother of Gaius Rabirius Postumus.
Gaius Rabirius C. f. Postumus, born Gaius Curius, was adopted by his uncle, the senator Gaius Rabirius. He earned his fortune as a money-lender, and his chief client was
Ptolemy Auletes, the exiled King of
Egypt. He was subsequently tried and banished for repetundae, or extortion, despite Cicero's defense in 54 BC, but was recalled by
Caesar, under whom he served during the
Civil War.[5][6][7]
Gaius Rabirius, an epic poet of the early first century. He seems to have written about the civil wars that attended the end of the
Republic.[9][10][11][12]
Rabirius, a physician and author on medical topics, mentioned by Pliny.[13]
Rabirius, an architect active during the reign of
Domitian, whose palace has been attributed to Rabirius. His artistic skill and virtuous life are described by
Martial.[14][15]
Rabiria, apparently the wife of a certain Cossus, presumably one of the
Cornelii Lentuli, although which is uncertain.[16]
Rabirii from inscriptions
Rabiria, possibly the wife of Cornelius, named in a funerary inscription from
Venusia in
Apulia belonging to Rabiria Modesta, perhaps her daughter, dating between AD 71 and 130.[17]
Publius Rabirius P. l. Hilarus, a freedman named in a funerary inscription from Rome.[38]
Publius Rabirius Hymnus, infant son of Rabiria Phoebe, buried at
Puteoli in Campania, aged eight months and five days.[39]
Publius Rabirius P. Ɔ. l. Isio, a freedman buried at Rome.[29]
Rabiria Modesta, possibly the daughter of Cornelius and Rabiria, buried at Venusia, aged five?[17]
Publius Rabirius P. l. Nicias, a freedman buried at Rome.[29]
Rabiria Oecumene, buried at Rome in a tomb built by Lucius Marcius Antiochus, dating to the first century AD; perhaps the same Rabiria Eucumene mentioned in an inscription dating to AD 9.[40]
Publius Rabirius P. l. Philargurus, a freedman buried at Rome.[29]
Rabiria Phoebe, buried her infant son, Publius Rabirius Hymnus, at Puteoli.[39]
Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus (
Cassius Dio), Roman History.
Karl Otfried Müller, Handbuch der Archäologie der Kunst (Handbook of Ancient Art, or Ancient Art and its Remains), 3rd ed., J. Leitch, trans., London (1847).
Inscriptiones Italiae (Inscriptions from Italy, abbreviated InscrIt), Rome (1931-present).
Herbert Bloch, "The Roman Brick-stamps Not Published in Volume XV 1 of Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum" in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vols. LVI, LVII (1947).
T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, American Philological Association (1952–1986).
Elizabeth Rawson, Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic, Johns Hopkins University Press (1985).
The gens Rabiria was a minor
plebeian family at Ancient Rome. Although of
senatorial rank, few members of this
gens appear in history, and the only one known to have held any of the higher offices of the Roman state was
Gaius Rabirius Postumus, who was
praetorcirca 48 or 47 BC.[1]
Origin
The great majority of Rabirii known from inscriptions lived in Italy, and a large family of this name seems to have lived at
Tusculum, an ancient city of
Latium not far from Rome. Another of the Rabirii bears the
cognomenTiburtinus, indicating that he or his ancestors probably came from
Tibur, another city of northern Latium, not far from Rome and Tusculum, and strongly suggesting that the Rabirii were
Latins.
Rabiria, sister of the senator Rabirius, married Gaius Curius, a
publican, and was the mother of Gaius Rabirius Postumus.
Gaius Rabirius C. f. Postumus, born Gaius Curius, was adopted by his uncle, the senator Gaius Rabirius. He earned his fortune as a money-lender, and his chief client was
Ptolemy Auletes, the exiled King of
Egypt. He was subsequently tried and banished for repetundae, or extortion, despite Cicero's defense in 54 BC, but was recalled by
Caesar, under whom he served during the
Civil War.[5][6][7]
Gaius Rabirius, an epic poet of the early first century. He seems to have written about the civil wars that attended the end of the
Republic.[9][10][11][12]
Rabirius, a physician and author on medical topics, mentioned by Pliny.[13]
Rabirius, an architect active during the reign of
Domitian, whose palace has been attributed to Rabirius. His artistic skill and virtuous life are described by
Martial.[14][15]
Rabiria, apparently the wife of a certain Cossus, presumably one of the
Cornelii Lentuli, although which is uncertain.[16]
Rabirii from inscriptions
Rabiria, possibly the wife of Cornelius, named in a funerary inscription from
Venusia in
Apulia belonging to Rabiria Modesta, perhaps her daughter, dating between AD 71 and 130.[17]
Publius Rabirius P. l. Hilarus, a freedman named in a funerary inscription from Rome.[38]
Publius Rabirius Hymnus, infant son of Rabiria Phoebe, buried at
Puteoli in Campania, aged eight months and five days.[39]
Publius Rabirius P. Ɔ. l. Isio, a freedman buried at Rome.[29]
Rabiria Modesta, possibly the daughter of Cornelius and Rabiria, buried at Venusia, aged five?[17]
Publius Rabirius P. l. Nicias, a freedman buried at Rome.[29]
Rabiria Oecumene, buried at Rome in a tomb built by Lucius Marcius Antiochus, dating to the first century AD; perhaps the same Rabiria Eucumene mentioned in an inscription dating to AD 9.[40]
Publius Rabirius P. l. Philargurus, a freedman buried at Rome.[29]
Rabiria Phoebe, buried her infant son, Publius Rabirius Hymnus, at Puteoli.[39]
Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus (
Cassius Dio), Roman History.
Karl Otfried Müller, Handbuch der Archäologie der Kunst (Handbook of Ancient Art, or Ancient Art and its Remains), 3rd ed., J. Leitch, trans., London (1847).
Inscriptiones Italiae (Inscriptions from Italy, abbreviated InscrIt), Rome (1931-present).
Herbert Bloch, "The Roman Brick-stamps Not Published in Volume XV 1 of Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum" in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vols. LVI, LVII (1947).
T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, American Philological Association (1952–1986).
Elizabeth Rawson, Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic, Johns Hopkins University Press (1985).