The gens Urbicia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Almost no members of this
gens are mentioned in history, but a number are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The
nomenUrbicius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from
cognomina ending in -ex, -icis, or -icus.[1] The surname Urbicus originally designated someone who dwelt in a city, or urbs,[2] and is an example of a cognomen derived from the traits associated with an individual.[3]Urbicius must be distinguished from Orbicius, with which it was sometimes confused.[4]
Praenomina
The only
praenomina attested from inscriptions of this gens are Marcus and Gaius, two of the most common names at all periods of Roman history.
Urbicius Respectus, buried at Rome, aged thirty-seven years, two months, and seven days, in a tomb dating between the middle of the first century and the end of the second, dedicated by his wife, Xenara.[6]
Marcus Urbicius Faventinus Ipolcobulculensis, buried in a second-century tomb at
Ipolcobulcula in
Hispania Baetica, aged forty-five.[7]
Marcus Urbicius Rusticus Ipolcobulculensis, buried in a second century tomb at Ipolcobulcula, aged forty.[8]
Urbicius Flaccus, made an offering to
Apollo, commemorated in an inscription from the site of modern
Essarois, formerly part of
Gallia Belgica, dating from the second or third century.[9]
Urbicius Spectatus, built a sepulchre at
Apulum in
Dacia, dating between the middle of the second century and the latter part of the third, for his children, Gaius Urbicius Condunus, Urbicia Ingenua, and Urbicius Senilis.[10]
Gaius Urbicius Condunus, a soldier in the
Legio XIII Gemina, buried at Apulum, aged thirty, having served for eleven years, in a sepulchre dating between the middle of the second century and the latter part of the third, built by his father, Urbicius Spectatus, for Condunus and his other children.[10]
Urbicia Ingenua, a young woman buried at Apulum, aged twenty, in a sepulchre dating between the middle of the second century and the latter part of the third, built by her father, Urbicius Spectatus, for Ingenua and her brothers.[10]
Urbicius Senilis, a boy buried at Apulum, aged ten, in a sepulchre dating between the middle of the second century and the latter part of the third, built by his father, Urbicius Spectatus, for Senilis and his siblings.[10]
Urbicia, the mother of a child buried at
Augusta Treverorum in Gallia Belgica on the tenth day before the Kalends of November in an unspecified year between the late fourth century and the end of the fifth, aged two years, four months, and five days.[12]
The gens Urbicia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Almost no members of this
gens are mentioned in history, but a number are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The
nomenUrbicius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from
cognomina ending in -ex, -icis, or -icus.[1] The surname Urbicus originally designated someone who dwelt in a city, or urbs,[2] and is an example of a cognomen derived from the traits associated with an individual.[3]Urbicius must be distinguished from Orbicius, with which it was sometimes confused.[4]
Praenomina
The only
praenomina attested from inscriptions of this gens are Marcus and Gaius, two of the most common names at all periods of Roman history.
Urbicius Respectus, buried at Rome, aged thirty-seven years, two months, and seven days, in a tomb dating between the middle of the first century and the end of the second, dedicated by his wife, Xenara.[6]
Marcus Urbicius Faventinus Ipolcobulculensis, buried in a second-century tomb at
Ipolcobulcula in
Hispania Baetica, aged forty-five.[7]
Marcus Urbicius Rusticus Ipolcobulculensis, buried in a second century tomb at Ipolcobulcula, aged forty.[8]
Urbicius Flaccus, made an offering to
Apollo, commemorated in an inscription from the site of modern
Essarois, formerly part of
Gallia Belgica, dating from the second or third century.[9]
Urbicius Spectatus, built a sepulchre at
Apulum in
Dacia, dating between the middle of the second century and the latter part of the third, for his children, Gaius Urbicius Condunus, Urbicia Ingenua, and Urbicius Senilis.[10]
Gaius Urbicius Condunus, a soldier in the
Legio XIII Gemina, buried at Apulum, aged thirty, having served for eleven years, in a sepulchre dating between the middle of the second century and the latter part of the third, built by his father, Urbicius Spectatus, for Condunus and his other children.[10]
Urbicia Ingenua, a young woman buried at Apulum, aged twenty, in a sepulchre dating between the middle of the second century and the latter part of the third, built by her father, Urbicius Spectatus, for Ingenua and her brothers.[10]
Urbicius Senilis, a boy buried at Apulum, aged ten, in a sepulchre dating between the middle of the second century and the latter part of the third, built by his father, Urbicius Spectatus, for Senilis and his siblings.[10]
Urbicia, the mother of a child buried at
Augusta Treverorum in Gallia Belgica on the tenth day before the Kalends of November in an unspecified year between the late fourth century and the end of the fifth, aged two years, four months, and five days.[12]