The gens Titania was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. No members of this
gens are mentioned by Roman writers, but a number are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The
nomenTitanius is formed using the suffix -anius, usually indicating derivation from place names.[1] The root of Titanius seems to be a
cognomen, Titanus; Chase classifies the nomen among those gentilicia that either originated at Rome, or cannot be shown to have come from anywhere else.[2]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Titania C. l. Charis, a
freedwoman, built a first- or second-century sepulchre at Aquileia for her husband, Sextus Teius Januarius, the freedman Quintus Catabronius Martialis, a woman named Titania Secundina, and two persons named Menandrus and Persicus.[3]
Titania Secundina, buried in a first- or second-century sepulchre at Aquileia, built by the freedwoman Titania Charis for her husband and several others.[3]
Titania Barbara, dedicated a second-century tomb at
Vicus Fificulanus in
Samnium for her son, Titus Opsturius Benivolus, aged twenty-seven. She is probably the same Barbara who dedicated a second-century monument at the same place for the freedman Titus Opsturius Dasius, probably her husband.[4]
Undated Titanii
Sextus Titanius Cinnamus, buried at
Aveia in Samnium.[5]
Publius Titanius Successus, built a tomb at Rome for his wife, Porcia Zosima.[6]
The gens Titania was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. No members of this
gens are mentioned by Roman writers, but a number are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The
nomenTitanius is formed using the suffix -anius, usually indicating derivation from place names.[1] The root of Titanius seems to be a
cognomen, Titanus; Chase classifies the nomen among those gentilicia that either originated at Rome, or cannot be shown to have come from anywhere else.[2]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Titania C. l. Charis, a
freedwoman, built a first- or second-century sepulchre at Aquileia for her husband, Sextus Teius Januarius, the freedman Quintus Catabronius Martialis, a woman named Titania Secundina, and two persons named Menandrus and Persicus.[3]
Titania Secundina, buried in a first- or second-century sepulchre at Aquileia, built by the freedwoman Titania Charis for her husband and several others.[3]
Titania Barbara, dedicated a second-century tomb at
Vicus Fificulanus in
Samnium for her son, Titus Opsturius Benivolus, aged twenty-seven. She is probably the same Barbara who dedicated a second-century monument at the same place for the freedman Titus Opsturius Dasius, probably her husband.[4]
Undated Titanii
Sextus Titanius Cinnamus, buried at
Aveia in Samnium.[5]
Publius Titanius Successus, built a tomb at Rome for his wife, Porcia Zosima.[6]