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The gens Statoria was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned in the time of the Second Punic War. None of them ever attained any of the higher offices of the Roman state. [1]

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Origin

The nomen Statorius is derived from Stator, an epithet of Jupiter and Mars. Chase classifies it 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.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Called Lucius by Frontinus.

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References

  1. ↑ PW, "Statorius".
  2. ↑ Chase, p. 131.
  3. ↑ Livy, xxviii. 48, xxx. 28.
  4. ↑ Frontinus, Strategemata, i. 1. § 3.
  5. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 903 ("Statorius").
  6. ↑ PW, "Statorius", No. 3.
  7. ↑ PW, "Statorius", No. 1.
  8. ↑ CIL IX, 4486.
  9. ↑ Seneca the Elder, Suasoriae, 2.
  10. ↑ PIR, S. 647.
  11. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 903 ("Statorius Victor").
  12. ↑ PW, "Statorius", No. 4.
  13. ↑ CIL VI, 16631, CIL VI, 16632.
  14. ↑ PIR, S. 648.

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