Paconia (gens)

The nomen Paconius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed using the suffix -onius, which were originally derived from other names ending in -o, although later the suffix came to be regarded as a regular gentile-forming suffix in other cases. In this instance, the root of the name is probably the Oscan praenomen Paccius, which would make it cognate with Paccius, Pacilia, and perhaps Pacidia.[1]

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

• Marcus Paconius, an eques, whose property was confiscated by Publius Clodius Pulcher during his time as tribune of the plebs.[2]
• Paconius, a native of Mysia or Phrygia, whose complaints about Quintus Tullius Cicero were discussed in correspondence with his brother, Marcus. His name is uncertain, and should perhaps be Paeonius.[3]
• Marcus Paconius, a legate under the command of Gaius Junius Silanus, proconsul of Asia in AD 22. Paconius accused the proconsul of malversation, a charge which led to Silanus' exile. But soon afterward, Paconius himself was charged with treason, and put to death.[4][5][6]
• Aulus Paconius Sabinus, consul suffectus for the final months of AD 58.[6]
• Quintus Paconius M. f. Agrippinus, a Stoic philosopher, praised by Epictetus and Arrian. During the reign of Nero, he was accused together with Thrasea, and banished from Italy.[7][8][6]
• Paconia Q. f. M. n. Agrippina, married Lucius Dercius.[6]

• List of Roman gentes

• Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem, Pro Milone.
• Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Annales.
• Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, De Vita Caesarum (Lives of the Caesars, or The Twelve Caesars).
• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
• George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897).
• Paul von Rohden, Elimar Klebs, & Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated PIR), Berlin (1898).