Tarutilia gens

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The gens Tarutilia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned in history, but several are known from inscriptions.

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Origin

The nomen Tarutilius belongs to a class of gentilicia that was typically derived from either cognomina ending in the diminutive suffix -ulus, or perhaps the double diminutives -illus or -ellus, [1] or more probably in this case, from existing gentilicia, [2] such as Tarutius , a nomen of Etruscan origin. [3]

Members

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

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References

  1. Chase, pp. 122–124.
  2. Chase, p. 125.
  3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 151 ("Tarutius Firmanus").
  4. CIL I, 943.
  5. AE 1898, 14.
  6. 1 2 CIL VI, 27117.
  7. 1 2 CIL VI, 6129.

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