The gens Tarrutenia or Tarutenia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Only a few members of this
gens are mentioned in history, but others are known from inscriptions. The most illustrious of the Tarrutenii was probably
Publius Tarrutenius Paternus, a jurist of the late second century, who was
praetorian prefect during the reign of
Commodus.
Tarutenius Januarius, made an offering at
Savaria in
Pannonia Superior, dating between the middle of the second century and the end of the third.[2]
(Tarrutenius?) Marcianus, the father of a certain Maximilianus who was one of the
senate's emissaries to
Honorius at
Ravenna in AD 409, and who upon his return was captured by the
Visigoths under
Alaric. Marcianus ransomed his son for the sum of 30,000
solidi. The son's identification with Tarrutenius Maximilianus is very uncertain.[3]
Tarrutenius Maximilianus, a man of
senatorial rank, was the father-in-law of
Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus, who honored him and his achievements during his
consulship in AD 438. He might be Maximilianus, the son of Marcianus, who was ransomed from Alaric in AD 409.[4]
Publius Tarrutenius Paternus, the secretary in charge of
Marcus Aurelius' Latin correspondence, was sent by the emperor as an emissary to the
Cotini. That tribe had offered to fight against the
Marcomanni, but after Paternus' arrival, they forgot their promise, and mistreated the Roman emissary. Paternus was later known as a jurist, and the author of De Re Militari, a work on military law, cited by the
Digest.
Vegetius considered him an authority on the subject. He was
praetorian prefect under
Commodus, and may have been executed on a charge of treason, although the sources differ on this.[5][6][7][8][9]
Tarutenia Paulina, likely a noblewoman, is mentioned in an inscription found near
Praeneste in
Latium.[10]
Publius Tarrutenius Proculus, a native of Augusta Taurinorum, was a soldier in the
Legio II Adiutrix. He was buried at
Aquincum in
Pannonia Inferior, aged seventy-seven, with a monument built by Quintus Cornelius Felix, the prefect of the cornicularii, out of the legacy left him by Proculus, and dating from the first half of the second century.[11]
Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Lives of the Emperors).
The gens Tarrutenia or Tarutenia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Only a few members of this
gens are mentioned in history, but others are known from inscriptions. The most illustrious of the Tarrutenii was probably
Publius Tarrutenius Paternus, a jurist of the late second century, who was
praetorian prefect during the reign of
Commodus.
Tarutenius Januarius, made an offering at
Savaria in
Pannonia Superior, dating between the middle of the second century and the end of the third.[2]
(Tarrutenius?) Marcianus, the father of a certain Maximilianus who was one of the
senate's emissaries to
Honorius at
Ravenna in AD 409, and who upon his return was captured by the
Visigoths under
Alaric. Marcianus ransomed his son for the sum of 30,000
solidi. The son's identification with Tarrutenius Maximilianus is very uncertain.[3]
Tarrutenius Maximilianus, a man of
senatorial rank, was the father-in-law of
Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus, who honored him and his achievements during his
consulship in AD 438. He might be Maximilianus, the son of Marcianus, who was ransomed from Alaric in AD 409.[4]
Publius Tarrutenius Paternus, the secretary in charge of
Marcus Aurelius' Latin correspondence, was sent by the emperor as an emissary to the
Cotini. That tribe had offered to fight against the
Marcomanni, but after Paternus' arrival, they forgot their promise, and mistreated the Roman emissary. Paternus was later known as a jurist, and the author of De Re Militari, a work on military law, cited by the
Digest.
Vegetius considered him an authority on the subject. He was
praetorian prefect under
Commodus, and may have been executed on a charge of treason, although the sources differ on this.[5][6][7][8][9]
Tarutenia Paulina, likely a noblewoman, is mentioned in an inscription found near
Praeneste in
Latium.[10]
Publius Tarrutenius Proculus, a native of Augusta Taurinorum, was a soldier in the
Legio II Adiutrix. He was buried at
Aquincum in
Pannonia Inferior, aged seventy-seven, with a monument built by Quintus Cornelius Felix, the prefect of the cornicularii, out of the legacy left him by Proculus, and dating from the first half of the second century.[11]
Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Lives of the Emperors).