The gens Seria was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens rose to prominence during the second century, attaining the
consulship twice, and holding various other offices under the
Nerva-Antonine dynasty.
Branches and cognomina
The only distinct family of the Serii bore the
cognomenAugurinus, borne by the consular family of the second century. This was one of a large class of surnames derived from occupations, and probably indicating that the first member of the family to acquire the name was an
augur.[1]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Marcus Serrius,[i] a
senator, and one of the witnesses of the Senatus Consultum de Agro Pergameno, concerning a dispute over the lands of
Pergamum, in 129 BC.[3][2]
Publius Serrius,[ii] one of the senators who in 44 BC witnessed a decree of the consuls
Marcus Antonius and
Publius Cornelius Dolabella, confirming the promises made by
Caesar to the ambassadors of
Hyrcanus,
ethnarch of
Judea. Caesar had promised to support Hyrcanus as ethnarch, and to respect the rights of the Jews to administer their cities, and maintain their religious rites and customs throughout Roman territory.[5][4]
Seria Maximilla, the former mistress of Titus Serius Alexander, for whom she dedicated a tomb at
Pitinum in
Umbria, dating between AD 50 and 200.[6]
Titus Serius Ɔ. l. Alexander, the freedman of Seria Maximilla, who dedicated a tomb at Pitinum, dating between AD 50 and 200.[6]
Gaius Junius Serius Augurinus, consul in AD 132, in office from the Kalends of January to the end of April.[7][8]
Gaius Serius Augurinus, one of the
duumviri quinquennales at Rome in AD 132, he fourth year of the twenty-eighth lustrum.[9]
Gaius Serius C. f. Augurinus, consul in AD 156, probably serving for the first two months of the year. He was
proconsul of
Africa in 170.[10]
Gnaeus Serius C. f. C. n. Oppianicus Augurinus, one of the
Salii Palatini in AD 181.[11][12]
Lucius Serius Niger, made an offering to
Isis at
Telesia in
Samnium, recorded in a second-century inscription.[13]
Seria Expectata, buried in a second-century tomb at
Reate in
Samnium, with a monument from her husband, Gaius Spellius Fudidianus.[14]
Serius Callistus, dedicated a second- or third-century monument at Rome to his stepson, Serius Eutyches.[15]
Serius Eutyches, buried at Rome in the second or third century, with a monument from his father, Serius Callistus.[15]
Seria Corinthias, buried in a third-century tomb at Rome, aged twenty-one years, six months, and twenty days, with a monument from her husband, Petronius Severianus.[16]
Valerius Serius Serus, dedicated a monument at Rome for his wife, Flavia Pontia Januaria, dating to the end of the third century, or the first quarter of the fourth.[17]
Undated Serii
Serius, named along with Lucia, perhaps his wife, in a fragmentary inscription from
Venetia and Histria.[18]
Giovanni Battista de Rossi, Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romanae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores (Christian Inscriptions from Rome of the First Seven Centuries, abbreviated ICUR), Vatican Library, Rome (1857–1861, 1888).
Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità (News of Excavations from Antiquity, abbreviated NSA), Accademia dei Lincei (1876–present).
René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
The gens Seria was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens rose to prominence during the second century, attaining the
consulship twice, and holding various other offices under the
Nerva-Antonine dynasty.
Branches and cognomina
The only distinct family of the Serii bore the
cognomenAugurinus, borne by the consular family of the second century. This was one of a large class of surnames derived from occupations, and probably indicating that the first member of the family to acquire the name was an
augur.[1]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Marcus Serrius,[i] a
senator, and one of the witnesses of the Senatus Consultum de Agro Pergameno, concerning a dispute over the lands of
Pergamum, in 129 BC.[3][2]
Publius Serrius,[ii] one of the senators who in 44 BC witnessed a decree of the consuls
Marcus Antonius and
Publius Cornelius Dolabella, confirming the promises made by
Caesar to the ambassadors of
Hyrcanus,
ethnarch of
Judea. Caesar had promised to support Hyrcanus as ethnarch, and to respect the rights of the Jews to administer their cities, and maintain their religious rites and customs throughout Roman territory.[5][4]
Seria Maximilla, the former mistress of Titus Serius Alexander, for whom she dedicated a tomb at
Pitinum in
Umbria, dating between AD 50 and 200.[6]
Titus Serius Ɔ. l. Alexander, the freedman of Seria Maximilla, who dedicated a tomb at Pitinum, dating between AD 50 and 200.[6]
Gaius Junius Serius Augurinus, consul in AD 132, in office from the Kalends of January to the end of April.[7][8]
Gaius Serius Augurinus, one of the
duumviri quinquennales at Rome in AD 132, he fourth year of the twenty-eighth lustrum.[9]
Gaius Serius C. f. Augurinus, consul in AD 156, probably serving for the first two months of the year. He was
proconsul of
Africa in 170.[10]
Gnaeus Serius C. f. C. n. Oppianicus Augurinus, one of the
Salii Palatini in AD 181.[11][12]
Lucius Serius Niger, made an offering to
Isis at
Telesia in
Samnium, recorded in a second-century inscription.[13]
Seria Expectata, buried in a second-century tomb at
Reate in
Samnium, with a monument from her husband, Gaius Spellius Fudidianus.[14]
Serius Callistus, dedicated a second- or third-century monument at Rome to his stepson, Serius Eutyches.[15]
Serius Eutyches, buried at Rome in the second or third century, with a monument from his father, Serius Callistus.[15]
Seria Corinthias, buried in a third-century tomb at Rome, aged twenty-one years, six months, and twenty days, with a monument from her husband, Petronius Severianus.[16]
Valerius Serius Serus, dedicated a monument at Rome for his wife, Flavia Pontia Januaria, dating to the end of the third century, or the first quarter of the fourth.[17]
Undated Serii
Serius, named along with Lucia, perhaps his wife, in a fragmentary inscription from
Venetia and Histria.[18]
Giovanni Battista de Rossi, Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romanae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores (Christian Inscriptions from Rome of the First Seven Centuries, abbreviated ICUR), Vatican Library, Rome (1857–1861, 1888).
Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità (News of Excavations from Antiquity, abbreviated NSA), Accademia dei Lincei (1876–present).
René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).