Bust of Emperor
Otho from the 16th or 17th century.
The gens Salvia was a minor
plebeian Roman family of the late
Republic, which came to prominence under the early
Empire. The first of the family known to have held public office at Rome was Publius Salvius Aper,
praetorian prefect in 2 BC. About this time, the Salvii achieved
equestrian rank, and thereafter held various positions in the Roman state for the next two centuries, before falling back into obscurity.
Lucius Salvius Otho was raised to
patrician rank by the emperor
Claudius, but the most illustrious of the Salvii was his son,
Marcus, who was proclaimed emperor in AD 69.[1][2]
Origin
The Salvii were doubtless of
Sabellic origin, as their
nomen is a patronymic surname derived from the common
OscanpraenomenSalvius.[3] They probably spread throughout Italy long before obtaining
Roman citizenship; the emperor Otho was descended from an ancient and noble family of
Ferentinum, in
Etruria.[1][2]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Salvia Postuma, funded the building of an arch at
Pola in
Venetia and Histria, dating from the late first century BC. She was the husband of Lucius Sergius, and their son was Lucius Sergius Lepidus.[18][19]
Publius Salvius Aper, praetorian prefect with Quintus Ostorius Scapula in 2 BC. Aper is not known to have been related to the contemporary Othones.[20][21]
^Hobler, Francis (1860). Records of Roman History, from Cnaeus Pompeius to Tiberius Constantinus, as Exhibited on the Roman Coins. Vol. 1. Nichols. p. 34.
^de Neeve, P. W. (1984). Colonus: Private Farm-tenancy in Roman Italy During the Republic and the Early Principate. J.C. Gieben. p. 47.
ISBN9789070265151.
^Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1951). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Vol. 3. American Philological Association. p. 185.
ISBN9780891308119.
Bust of Emperor
Otho from the 16th or 17th century.
The gens Salvia was a minor
plebeian Roman family of the late
Republic, which came to prominence under the early
Empire. The first of the family known to have held public office at Rome was Publius Salvius Aper,
praetorian prefect in 2 BC. About this time, the Salvii achieved
equestrian rank, and thereafter held various positions in the Roman state for the next two centuries, before falling back into obscurity.
Lucius Salvius Otho was raised to
patrician rank by the emperor
Claudius, but the most illustrious of the Salvii was his son,
Marcus, who was proclaimed emperor in AD 69.[1][2]
Origin
The Salvii were doubtless of
Sabellic origin, as their
nomen is a patronymic surname derived from the common
OscanpraenomenSalvius.[3] They probably spread throughout Italy long before obtaining
Roman citizenship; the emperor Otho was descended from an ancient and noble family of
Ferentinum, in
Etruria.[1][2]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Salvia Postuma, funded the building of an arch at
Pola in
Venetia and Histria, dating from the late first century BC. She was the husband of Lucius Sergius, and their son was Lucius Sergius Lepidus.[18][19]
Publius Salvius Aper, praetorian prefect with Quintus Ostorius Scapula in 2 BC. Aper is not known to have been related to the contemporary Othones.[20][21]
^Hobler, Francis (1860). Records of Roman History, from Cnaeus Pompeius to Tiberius Constantinus, as Exhibited on the Roman Coins. Vol. 1. Nichols. p. 34.
^de Neeve, P. W. (1984). Colonus: Private Farm-tenancy in Roman Italy During the Republic and the Early Principate. J.C. Gieben. p. 47.
ISBN9789070265151.
^Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1951). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Vol. 3. American Philological Association. p. 185.
ISBN9780891308119.