The gens Aebutia was an ancient Roman family that was prominent during the early Republic. The gens was originally patrician, but also had plebeian branches. [1] The first member to obtain the consulship was Titus Aebutius Helva, consul in 499 BC. [2]
Praenomina
During the first century of the Republic, the Aebutii used the praenomina Titus, Lucius, Postumus, and Marcus. In later times, they also used the name Publius. [3]
Branches and cognomina
The patrician Aebutii used the cognomen Helva (also found as Elva in some sources). Cornicen was a personal surname belonging to one of the Helvae. No patrician Aebutius held any curule magistracy from 442 to 176 BC, when Marcus Aebutius Helva obtained the praetorship. Carus was a cognomen of the plebeian Aebutii. Later surnames include Faustus, Liberalis, and Pinnius. [4]
Members
- This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
Aebutii Helvae
- Titus Aebutius T. f. Helva, consul in 499 BC.
- Lucius Aebutius T. f. T. n. Helva , consul in 463 BC.
- Postumus Aebutius Helva Cornicen, consul in 442 BC.
- Marcus Aebutius Helva, appointed triumvir for the establishment of a colony at Ardea in 442 BC.
- Marcus Aebutius Helva, praetor in 168 BC, obtained Sicilia as his province.
Other Aebutii
- Lucius Aebutius Faustus, a freedman. [5]
- Publius Aebutius, brought the existence of the Bacchanalia at Rome to the attention of the consul Postumius Albinus in 186 BC. [6]
- Titus Aebutius Parrus, praetor in 178 BC, assigned to Sardinia. [7]
- Aebutius, praetor circa 125 BC who passed a Lex Aebutia "which probably limited greatly the application of the legis actiones and increased that of formulae in litigation." [8]
- Gaius Aebutius, an aedile in 51 BC. [9] [10]
- Publius Aebutius Pinnius, found on Corinthian coins circa 39 BC [11]
- Aebutius Liberalis, addressee of a letter by Seneca.
See also
References
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- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
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- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
- ^ "Discussion of the Groma". University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2009-04-02.
- ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita xxxix. 9, 11, 19.
- ^ Livy, 41.6
- ^ Broughton, T. Robert S.; Patterson, Marcia L. (1951). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Philological monographs,no. 15, v. 1-2. Vol. 1. American Philological Association. p. 510.
- ^ CIL I, 770, CIL X, 220;
- ^ Degrassi A. Inscriptiones latinae liberae rei publicae (ILLRP). — Torino, 1963. — 549 ps. — P. 92. — № 607.
- ^ Gebhard, Elizabeth R. (1993). "The Isthmian Games and the Sanctuary of Poseidon in the Early Empire". Journal of Roman Archaeology (Supplemental Series Number 8). Archived from the original on 2010-01-21 – via the University of Chicago Humanities Department.
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