Tremellia gens
The gens Tremellia was a plebeian family at Rome. The gens is first mentioned towards the end of the Second Punic War, but never obtained much importance. None of its members held the consulship. They bore the surnames of Scropa and Flaccus.[1]
Members
- This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
- Cn. Tremellius Flaccus, of quaestorian rank in 205, was sent on an embassy, in that year, with four colleagues, to King Attalus I, and brought back with him the sacred stone, which represented the Mother of the Gods. He was plebeian aedile in 203 BC and praetor in 202, when he obtained Sicily as his province.[2][3]
- Cn. Tremellius, one of the decemvirs in 173 BC for dividing certain lands in Liguria and Cisalpine Gaul among Roman citizens and the Latin allies.[4]
- C. Tremellius, praetor in 175, 174, or 170 BC.[5][6]
- Cn. Tremellius, tribune of the plebs, 167 BC.[7]
- Cn. Tremellius, tribune of the plebs, 160 BC, was condemned to pay a fine on account of his having insulted the pontifex maximus M. Aemilius Lepidus.[8]
- L. Tremellius Scrofa, quaestor in 143 BC serving under the praetor of Macedonia, Licinius Nerva, and became himself praetor sometime prior to 135 BC.[9]
See also
References
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
- Livy, 29.11
- Livy, 30.26
- Livy, 42.4
- Broughton, 1. p. 420
- Varro, RR, 2.4.2
- Livy, 45.15
- Livy, Epitome 47
- Broughton, T. Robert S. (1952). The magistrates of the Roman Republic. American Philological Association. OCLC 1120836609.
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