Mustia (gens)

The gens Mustia was a minor plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned in the final decades of the Republic, and at least some were of equestrian rank. However, few of the family are recorded outside of inscriptions.[1]

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
  • Mustius, an eques and publican, whose stepson and ward, Marcus Junius, was defrauded by Verres during the latter's praetorship in 75 BC. On another occasion, the circumstances of which have been forgotten, Cicero spoke in Mustius' defense, but his speech has been lost.[2][3]
  • Mustius, an architect, and a friend of Pliny the Younger.[4][5]
  • Titus Mustius C. f. Hostilius Fabricius Medulla Augurinus, praetor during the reign of Trajan.[5]
  • Quintus Mustius Priscus, consul suffectus in AD 145.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 1127 ("Mustius").
  2. ↑ Cicero, In Verrem, i. 51, 52.
  3. ↑ Pseudo-Asconius, In Verrem, I, p. 195.
  4. ↑ Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, ix. 39.
  5. 1 2 3 PIR, vol. I, p. 395.

Bibliography

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