The
praenomina used by the Sextilii included Gaius, Lucius, Marcus, Publius, and Quintus, all of which were very common throughout Roman history. Although Sextilius was derived from Sextus, none of the Sextilii known to history bore that name.[5]
Branches and cognomina
The Sextilii were not divided into families with distinctive surnames. Most of the Sextilii under the Republic bore no
cognomen, but a few surnames are found in later times and under the Empire.[6]
Marcus Sextilius, of
Fregellae, assured the consuls of 209 BC, during the
Second Punic War, that eighteen of the Roman
colonies were ready to furnish the state with soldiers, when twelve had refused to do so.[10]
Sextilius, an
Etruscan, betrayed
Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo to the assassins of Marius and
Cinna, in 87 BC, although he had previously been defended by Caesar, when accused of a very grave offense.[13][14]
Sextilius, a
praetor, was carried off by the pirates, shortly before
Pompeius was appointed to the command of the war against them.[16][17]
Aulus Sextilius, a negotiator or money-lender in
Acmonia, a town in
Phrygia, described by
Cicero as a homo improbus.[18]
Gaius Sextilius, the nephew of
Marcus Aufidius Lurco, described by
Cicero as a man et pudens et constans et gravis. He may be the same man as the praetor Sextilius mentioned by
Varro.[19][20]
Sextilius Hena, a poet of
Corduba, in
Hispania, wrote a poem on the death of Cicero, of which the first line is quoted by
Seneca.[26]
Sextilia, a virtuous Roman matron, and the mother of the emperor
Vitellius; she lived to see her son emperor, but died shortly before his fall.[27][28]
Sextilius Felix, was stationed on the frontiers of
Raetia by
Marcus Antonius Primus in AD 70, to watch the movements of Porcius Septimius, procurator of the province under Vitellius. There he remained until the following year, when he helped to quell an insurrection of the
Treviri.[29]
Sextilius Agesilaus Aedesius, vicar of Hispania between 355 and 376.[30][31]
The
praenomina used by the Sextilii included Gaius, Lucius, Marcus, Publius, and Quintus, all of which were very common throughout Roman history. Although Sextilius was derived from Sextus, none of the Sextilii known to history bore that name.[5]
Branches and cognomina
The Sextilii were not divided into families with distinctive surnames. Most of the Sextilii under the Republic bore no
cognomen, but a few surnames are found in later times and under the Empire.[6]
Marcus Sextilius, of
Fregellae, assured the consuls of 209 BC, during the
Second Punic War, that eighteen of the Roman
colonies were ready to furnish the state with soldiers, when twelve had refused to do so.[10]
Sextilius, an
Etruscan, betrayed
Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo to the assassins of Marius and
Cinna, in 87 BC, although he had previously been defended by Caesar, when accused of a very grave offense.[13][14]
Sextilius, a
praetor, was carried off by the pirates, shortly before
Pompeius was appointed to the command of the war against them.[16][17]
Aulus Sextilius, a negotiator or money-lender in
Acmonia, a town in
Phrygia, described by
Cicero as a homo improbus.[18]
Gaius Sextilius, the nephew of
Marcus Aufidius Lurco, described by
Cicero as a man et pudens et constans et gravis. He may be the same man as the praetor Sextilius mentioned by
Varro.[19][20]
Sextilius Hena, a poet of
Corduba, in
Hispania, wrote a poem on the death of Cicero, of which the first line is quoted by
Seneca.[26]
Sextilia, a virtuous Roman matron, and the mother of the emperor
Vitellius; she lived to see her son emperor, but died shortly before his fall.[27][28]
Sextilius Felix, was stationed on the frontiers of
Raetia by
Marcus Antonius Primus in AD 70, to watch the movements of Porcius Septimius, procurator of the province under Vitellius. There he remained until the following year, when he helped to quell an insurrection of the
Treviri.[29]
Sextilius Agesilaus Aedesius, vicar of Hispania between 355 and 376.[30][31]