The gens Rusonia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Hardly any members of this
gens are mentioned in history, but several are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The
nomenRusonius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed primarily from
cognomina ending in -o, in this case Ruso, of uncertain meaning.[1]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Gaius Rusonius Adjutor, a soldier serving in the fifth cohort of the
vigiles, in the century of Publius Aelius Septimius Romulus, at the beginning of the third century.[3]
Gaius Rusonius P. l. Chrestus, a freedman named in an inscription from
Hispellum in
Umbria.[4]
Rusonius Hylas, a freedman, and one of the
Seviri Augustales at Lugdunum, where he was buried in a tomb dedicated by his colleague, Gaius Rusonius Mercurialis.[6]
Gaius Rusonius Mercurialis, a freedman, and one of the Seviri Augustales at Lugdunum, where he dedicated a tomb for his colleague, Rusonius Hylas.[6]
Gaius Rusonius Myron, a freedman, and one of the Seviri Augustales at Lugdunum, where he dedicated a tomb for his colleague, Gaius Rusonius Secundus.[7]
Rusonia Nonna, buried at
Durocortorum in
Gallia Belgica, with a tomb dedicated by her husband, Maianus Primus, a cassidarius, or helmet-maker.[8]
Rusonius Patrophilus, a freedman buried at Lugdunum, with a tomb dedicated by Rusonius Senator.[9]
Gaius Rusonius Secundus, a freedman, and one of the Seviri Augustales at Lugdunum, where he was buried in a tomb dedicated by his colleague, Gaius Rusonius Myron.[7]
Rusonius Senator, a freedman, who dedicated a tomb at Lugdunum for Rusonius Patrophilus.[9]
The gens Rusonia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Hardly any members of this
gens are mentioned in history, but several are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The
nomenRusonius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed primarily from
cognomina ending in -o, in this case Ruso, of uncertain meaning.[1]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Gaius Rusonius Adjutor, a soldier serving in the fifth cohort of the
vigiles, in the century of Publius Aelius Septimius Romulus, at the beginning of the third century.[3]
Gaius Rusonius P. l. Chrestus, a freedman named in an inscription from
Hispellum in
Umbria.[4]
Rusonius Hylas, a freedman, and one of the
Seviri Augustales at Lugdunum, where he was buried in a tomb dedicated by his colleague, Gaius Rusonius Mercurialis.[6]
Gaius Rusonius Mercurialis, a freedman, and one of the Seviri Augustales at Lugdunum, where he dedicated a tomb for his colleague, Rusonius Hylas.[6]
Gaius Rusonius Myron, a freedman, and one of the Seviri Augustales at Lugdunum, where he dedicated a tomb for his colleague, Gaius Rusonius Secundus.[7]
Rusonia Nonna, buried at
Durocortorum in
Gallia Belgica, with a tomb dedicated by her husband, Maianus Primus, a cassidarius, or helmet-maker.[8]
Rusonius Patrophilus, a freedman buried at Lugdunum, with a tomb dedicated by Rusonius Senator.[9]
Gaius Rusonius Secundus, a freedman, and one of the Seviri Augustales at Lugdunum, where he was buried in a tomb dedicated by his colleague, Gaius Rusonius Myron.[7]
Rusonius Senator, a freedman, who dedicated a tomb at Lugdunum for Rusonius Patrophilus.[9]