The gens Tuccia was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Only a few members of this
gens are mentioned in history, of whom the most famous may be the
Vestal Virgin Tuccia, who performed a miracle in order to prove her innocence.[1]
Origin
The
nomenTuccius is not of
Latin derivation, but is believed to be an
Oscan name.[2]
Members
Tuccia, one of the
Vestals, was accused of incest, and called upon
Vesta to prove her innocence. The goddess gave her the power to carry a sieve filled with water from the
Tiber to the
Temple of Vesta.[3][4][5][6]
Marcus Tuccius,
curule aedile in 192 BC, and
praetor in 190, received
Apulia and
Bruttium for his province. After his term of office expired, he was named
propraetor, remaining in his province for the following two years. In 185, he was one of the commissioners appointed to establish colonies at
Sipontum and
Buxentum.[7]
Marcus Tuccius, brought an accusation of vis against
Gaius Sempronius Rufus 51 BC; Sempronius then accused him of the same.[8]
Marcus Tuccius Cerialis, consul suffectus in an unknown year.
Pliny the Younger wrote to him, providing a number of tips on delivering a speech.[9]
The gens Tuccia was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Only a few members of this
gens are mentioned in history, of whom the most famous may be the
Vestal Virgin Tuccia, who performed a miracle in order to prove her innocence.[1]
Origin
The
nomenTuccius is not of
Latin derivation, but is believed to be an
Oscan name.[2]
Members
Tuccia, one of the
Vestals, was accused of incest, and called upon
Vesta to prove her innocence. The goddess gave her the power to carry a sieve filled with water from the
Tiber to the
Temple of Vesta.[3][4][5][6]
Marcus Tuccius,
curule aedile in 192 BC, and
praetor in 190, received
Apulia and
Bruttium for his province. After his term of office expired, he was named
propraetor, remaining in his province for the following two years. In 185, he was one of the commissioners appointed to establish colonies at
Sipontum and
Buxentum.[7]
Marcus Tuccius, brought an accusation of vis against
Gaius Sempronius Rufus 51 BC; Sempronius then accused him of the same.[8]
Marcus Tuccius Cerialis, consul suffectus in an unknown year.
Pliny the Younger wrote to him, providing a number of tips on delivering a speech.[9]