Plaguleia (gens)

The gens Plaguleia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Only one member of this gens is mentioned by ancient writers, although a few others are known from inscriptions.[1]

Origin

The nomen Plaguleius belongs to a large class of names ending in -eius, which is typically, although not exclusively of Oscan derivation.[2] The only similar word in Latin seems to be plagulus, a curtain, suggesting that the nomen could possibly be occupational, referring to a curtain-maker, although that would more regularly be plagularius.[3]

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
  • Plaguleius, a partisan of Publius Clodius Pulcher.[4]
  • Gaius Plaguleius Ampliatus, built a tomb at Rome for his mother, Claudia Psyche, and his wife, Julia Hermione.[5]
  • Gaius Plaguleius C. l. Fortunatus, a freedman buried at Rome between AD 1 and 30.[6]
  • Plaguleia Glaphyra, buried at Rome, in a tomb built by Lucius Licinius Anteros.[7]
  • Plaguleia A. (f.?) Prima, buried at Rome.[8]
  • Gaius Plaguleius Ɔ l. Trophimus, a freedman named in an inscription from Rome.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 381 ("Plaguleius").
  2. ↑ Chase, pp. 120, 121.
  3. ↑ The New College Latin & English Dictionary, s. v. plagulus.
  4. ↑ Cicero, De Domo Sua, 33.
  5. ↑ CIL VI, 15571.
  6. ↑ CIL VI, 24247.
  7. ↑ CIL VI, 21227.
  8. ↑ CIL VI, 23107.
  9. ↑ CIL VI, 24247a.

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