Vergilia gens

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The Vergilia gens (or Virgilia) was a Roman gens.

The gens probably originates from Campania, being closely associated with the Magia gens.^[1] The name closely resembles Vergiliae, the Latin name for the Pleiades, although no direct etymology is known. Scholars have speculated that the name is originally Celtic,^[2] but there is little direct evidence to support this.^[3]

The gens Vergilia was spread throughout Italy, attested in Verona, Aquileia, Cremona, and Brescia.^[4]

Members

Marcus Virgilius: Tribune of the plebs in 87 BC, initiated legal proceedings against Sulla at the instigation of Cinna.^[5]^: 47
Gaius Virgilius Balbus: praetor in 62 BC, propraetor in Sicily in 61 BC^[5]^{: 173, 181}
Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces, freedman and former slave of the 1st century BCE interred in the Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker
Publius Virgilius Maro: poet, born on 15 October 70 BC^[6]

References

↑ Furr, Leanora Reilly (1930). "The Nationality of Vergil". The Classical Journal . 25 (5): 340–346. JSTOR 3289539.
↑ Zeuss, Johann Kaspar (1871). Grammatica Celtica[Celtic Grammar] (in Latin). Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung. p. 11.
↑ Braunholtz, G. E. K. (June 1915). "The Nationality of Vergil". The Classical Review . 29 (4): 104–110. JSTOR 696876.
↑ Spadoni, Maria Carla (2004). I prefetti nell'amministrazione municipale dell'Italia romana (in Italian). Edipuglia. ISBN 978-88-7228-415-5 . Retrieved December 24, 2023.
1 2 Broughton, T. Robert S. (1952). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic II (PDF). American Philogical Association. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
↑ Williams, Robert Deryck. "Virgil". Britannica. Retrieved December 24, 2023.

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[1] Furr, Leanora Reilly (1930). "The Nationality of Vergil". The Classical Journal . 25 (5): 340–346. JSTOR 3289539.

[2] Zeuss, Johann Kaspar (1871). Grammatica Celtica[Celtic Grammar] (in Latin). Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung. p. 11.

[3] Braunholtz, G. E. K. (June 1915). "The Nationality of Vergil". The Classical Review . 29 (4): 104–110. JSTOR 696876.

[4] Spadoni, Maria Carla (2004). I prefetti nell'amministrazione municipale dell'Italia romana (in Italian). Edipuglia. ISBN 978-88-7228-415-5 . Retrieved December 24, 2023.

[Broughton-5] 1 2 Broughton, T. Robert S. (1952). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic II (PDF). American Philogical Association. Retrieved December 24, 2023.

[6] Williams, Robert Deryck. "Virgil". Britannica. Retrieved December 24, 2023.

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