"Rupilia" redirects here. For the leaf beetle genus, see
Rupilia (beetle).
Roman family
The gens Rupilia, occasionally written Rupillia, was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned in the latter part of the
Republic, and
Publius Rupilius obtained the
consulship in 132 BC. Few others achieved any prominence, but the name occurs once or twice in the
consular fasti under the
Empire. The name is frequently confounded with the similar Rutilius.[1][2]
Praenomina
The main
praenomina of the Rupilii were Publius and Lucius, two of the most common names throughout Roman history.
Branches and cognomina
None of the Rupilii bore
cognomina under the Republic, but as with other plebeian families most of them had individual surnames in imperial times.[1]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Lucius Rupilius P. f. P. n., brother of Publius Rupilius, the consul, sought the aid of
Scipio Aemilianus to obtain the consulship, but was not elected.[9][10]
Lucius Rupilius, an actor known to the young
Cicero.[11]
Aulus Rupilius, a physician employed by
Aulus Cluentius Habitus, whose mother, Sassia, bought a slave, Strato, from Rupilius, and had him tortured in the hope of obtaining evidence against her own son. The slave knew nothing of value, and Sassia's scheme came to naught.[12]
Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium (Memorable Facts and Sayings).
Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Augustan History).
Paulus Orosius, Historiarum Adversum Paganos (History Against the Pagans).
T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, American Philological Association (1952–1986).
Werner Eck, "Die Fasti consulares der Regierungszeit des Antoninus Pius, eine Bestandsaufnahme seit Géza Alföldys Konsulat und Senatorenstand" (The Consular Fasti for the Reign of Antoninus Pius: an Inventory since Géza Alföldy's Konsulat und Senatorenstand), in Studia Epigraphica in Memoriam Géza Alföldy, Werner Eck, Bence Fehér, Péter Kovács, eds., Bonn, pp. 69–90 (2013).
"Rupilia" redirects here. For the leaf beetle genus, see
Rupilia (beetle).
Roman family
The gens Rupilia, occasionally written Rupillia, was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned in the latter part of the
Republic, and
Publius Rupilius obtained the
consulship in 132 BC. Few others achieved any prominence, but the name occurs once or twice in the
consular fasti under the
Empire. The name is frequently confounded with the similar Rutilius.[1][2]
Praenomina
The main
praenomina of the Rupilii were Publius and Lucius, two of the most common names throughout Roman history.
Branches and cognomina
None of the Rupilii bore
cognomina under the Republic, but as with other plebeian families most of them had individual surnames in imperial times.[1]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Lucius Rupilius P. f. P. n., brother of Publius Rupilius, the consul, sought the aid of
Scipio Aemilianus to obtain the consulship, but was not elected.[9][10]
Lucius Rupilius, an actor known to the young
Cicero.[11]
Aulus Rupilius, a physician employed by
Aulus Cluentius Habitus, whose mother, Sassia, bought a slave, Strato, from Rupilius, and had him tortured in the hope of obtaining evidence against her own son. The slave knew nothing of value, and Sassia's scheme came to naught.[12]
Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium (Memorable Facts and Sayings).
Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Augustan History).
Paulus Orosius, Historiarum Adversum Paganos (History Against the Pagans).
T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, American Philological Association (1952–1986).
Werner Eck, "Die Fasti consulares der Regierungszeit des Antoninus Pius, eine Bestandsaufnahme seit Géza Alföldys Konsulat und Senatorenstand" (The Consular Fasti for the Reign of Antoninus Pius: an Inventory since Géza Alföldy's Konsulat und Senatorenstand), in Studia Epigraphica in Memoriam Géza Alföldy, Werner Eck, Bence Fehér, Péter Kovács, eds., Bonn, pp. 69–90 (2013).