Coruncania gens

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The gens Coruncania was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The first of the family to come to prominence was Tiberius Coruncanius, a novus homo who became consul in 280 BC, and dictator in 246.^[1]

Origin

According to Cicero, Tiberius Coruncanius was a native of Tusculum.^[2] However, in a speech recorded by Tacitus, the emperor Claudius stated that the Coruncanii were originally from Cameria.^[3]

Praenomina

The praenomina associated with the Coruncanii who appear in history are Tiberius, Gaius, Lucius , and perhaps Publius .^[1] The various Coruncanii known only from inscriptions used a variety of names, including the common praenomina Quintus , Gaius, Gnaeus , Lucius, Marcus , and Sextus . There are individual instances of Aulus , Manius , and perhaps Spurius , but Aulus and Spurius are known only from filiations, while the only Manius was a freedman, so these may not have been regular praenomina of the Coruncanii.

Branches and cognomina

The only distinct family of the Coruncanii during the Republic bore no surname.^[1] A variety of cognomina appear in inscriptions, but there is no evidence that any of them represented distinct families of the Coruncanii; many of these surnames belonged to freedmen.

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

Tiberius Coruncanius, grandfather of the consul of 280 BC.^[4]
Tiberius Coruncanius Ti. f., father of the consul of 280 BC.^[4]
Tiberius Coruncanius Ti. f. Ti. n., consul in 280 BC, he triumphed over the Etruscans. He was probably censor around 270^[i], became the first plebeian Pontifex Maximus circa 254, and was dictator in 246. Coruncanius was a distinguished orator and jurist.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[1]^[4]
Gaius and Lucius Coruncanius (Ti. f. Ti. n.),^[ii] ambassadors sent to Teuta in 230 BC, to complain of the maritime depredations of her subjects. Lucius was put to death at her orders, provoking the First Illyrian War.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[1]^[16]
Coruncania A. l., a freedwoman named on a monument from Nuceria.^[17]
Coruncania C. f., one of the daughters of Gaius Caecilius Gallus, a soldier and municipal official, and his wife, Proxinia Procula, named on a monument at Rusicade in Numidia.^[18]
Aulus Coruncanius, the former master of Coruncania.^[17]
Gaius Coruncanius, the father of Gaius Coruncanius Oricula.^[19]
Gaius Coruncanius, the former master of Gaius Coruncanius Hilarus.^[20]
Lucius Coruncanius, the former master of Lucius Coruncanius Laches.^[21]
Gnaeus Coruncanius, the father of Gnaeus Coruncanius Rufus.^[22]
Manius Coruncanius M. s., a slave named in an inscription from Minturnae.^[23]
Marcus Coruncanius, master of Manius.^[23]
Quintus Coruncanius, the former master of Coruncania Pasis.^[24]
Quintus Coruncanius, the former master of Quintus Coruncanius Theucer.^[25]
Sextus Coruncanius, the former master of Sextus Coruncanius Chilo and Coruncania Chila.^[26]
Spurius Coruncanius, the father of Coruncania Tertia.^[27]
Coruncania Sex. l. Chila, a freedwoman buried at Rome.^[26]
Sextus Coruncanius Sex. l. Chilo, a freedman buried at Rome.^[26]
Coruncania Q. l. Creste, a freedwoman buried at Rome.^[28]
Quintus Coruncanius Q. l. Eros, a freedman buried at Rome.^[28]
Gnaeus Coruncanius Faustinus, buried at Vicus Augusti in Sardinia, aged twenty-five.^[29]
(Quinta?) Coruncania Hilara, named in a funerary inscription from Rome.^[30]
Gaius Coruncanius C. l. Hilarus, a freedman who became one of the Seviri Augustales at Augusta Taurinorum.^[20]
Coruncania Sex. f. Ismurna, buried at Rome.^[26]
Lucius Coruncanius L. l. Laches, a freedman buried at Rome.^[21]
Gaius Coruncanius C. f. Oricula, a praefectus fabrum, or military engineer, and military tribune with the twenty-first legion, buried at Rome, with a monument dedicated by his wife, Julia Pia.^[19]
Coruncania Q. l. Pasis, a freedwoman named in an inscription from Rome.^[24]
Gnaeus Coruncanius Cn. f. Rufus, one of the officials who presided over the rites of Diana at Rome, circa AD 1.^[22]
Quintus Coruncanius Statius, the former master of Quintus Coruncanius Eros and Coruncania Creste, buried at Rome.^[28]
Coruncania S. f. Tertia, named in an inscription from Rome.^[27]
Quintus Coruncanius Q. l. Theucer, a freedman buried at Rome.^[25]
Marcus Aurelius Coruncanius Victor, buried at Rome with his wife, Vitella Romana, in their family sepulchre.^[31]

Footnotes

↑ Coruncanius seems to have been censor about the 34th lustrum with Gaius Claudius Canina; a number of sources imply it, but no authority explicitly gives the date.
↑ Polybius calls them Gaius and Lucius, while Pliny calls them Publius (or substitutes Publius Junius) and Tiberius.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, pp. 860, 861 ("Tiberius Coruncanius").
↑ Cicero, Pro Plancio, 8.
↑ Tacitus, Annales, xi. 24.
1 2 3 Broughton, vol. I, pp. 190, 210, 216.
↑ Velleius Paterculus, ii. 128.
↑ Appian, Bellum Samniticum, 10. § 3.
↑ Niebuhr, vol. iii, p. 555.
↑ Livy, Epitome, xviii.
↑ Cicero, De Senectute, 6, De Oratore, iii. 33, De Natura Deorum, ii. 66, Brutus, 14, De Legibus, ii. 21.
↑ Pliny the Elder, viii. 51. s. 77.
↑ Digesta, 1. tit. 2. s. 2. § 38; s. 8. § 35.
↑ Seneca the Younger, Epistulae, 114.
↑ Appian, De Rebus Illyricis, 7.
↑ Polybius, ii. 8.
↑ Pliny the Elder, xxxiv. 6.
↑ Broughton, vol. I, p. 227.
1 2 AE 1994, 411.
↑ CIL VIII, 7986.
1 2 CIL VI, 3515.
1 2 CIL V, 7024.
1 2 CIL VI, 16486.
1 2 CIL VI, 129.
1 2 CIL I, 2697.
1 2 CIL VI, 33441.
1 2 NSA, 1923, 378.
1 2 3 4 CIL VI, 16488.
1 2 CIL VI, 10319.
1 2 3 CIL VI, 10022.
↑ AE 1993, 850.
↑ CIL VI, 16487.
↑ CIL VI, 13057.

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[5] Coruncanius seems to have been censor about the 34th lustrum with Gaius Claudius Canina; a number of sources imply it, but no authority explicitly gives the date.

[14] Polybius calls them Gaius and Lucius, while Pliny calls them Publius (or substitutes Publius Junius) and Tiberius.

[DGRBM_I_860-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, pp. 860, 861 ("Tiberius Coruncanius").

[2] Cicero, Pro Plancio, 8.

[3] Tacitus, Annales, xi. 24.

[Broughton_190-4] 1 2 3 Broughton, vol. I, pp. 190, 210, 216.

[6] Velleius Paterculus, ii. 128.

[7] Appian, Bellum Samniticum, 10. § 3.

[8] Niebuhr, vol. iii, p. 555.

[9] Livy, Epitome, xviii.

[10] Cicero, De Senectute, 6, De Oratore, iii. 33, De Natura Deorum, ii. 66, Brutus, 14, De Legibus, ii. 21.

[11] Pliny the Elder, viii. 51. s. 77.

[12] Digesta, 1. tit. 2. s. 2. § 38; s. 8. § 35.

[13] Seneca the Younger, Epistulae, 114.

[15] Appian, De Rebus Illyricis, 7.

[16] Polybius, ii. 8.

[17] Pliny the Elder, xxxiv. 6.

[18] Broughton, vol. I, p. 227.

[AE_1994_411-19] 1 2 AE 1994, 411.

[20] CIL VIII, 7986.

[CIL_6_3515-21] 1 2 CIL VI, 3515.

[CIL_5_7024-22] 1 2 CIL V, 7024.

[CIL_6_16486-23] 1 2 CIL VI, 16486.

[CIL_6_129-24] 1 2 CIL VI, 129.

[CIL_1_2697-25] 1 2 CIL I, 2697.

[CIL_6_33441-26] 1 2 CIL VI, 33441.

[NSA_1923_378-27] 1 2 NSA, 1923, 378.

[CIL_6_16488-28] 1 2 3 4 CIL VI, 16488.

[CIL_6_10319-29] 1 2 CIL VI, 10319.

[CIL_6_10022-30] 1 2 3 CIL VI, 10022.

[31] AE 1993, 850.

[32] CIL VI, 16487.

[33] CIL VI, 13057.

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