Vergilia gens
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
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- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.