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Novia gens

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The gens Novia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens first appear during the final century of the Republic, but the first of the Novii to obtain the consulship was Decimus Junius Novius Priscus in AD 78.[1]

Origin

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The nomen Novius is a patronymic surname, derived from the common Oscan praenomen Novius. Since both the praenomen and nomen have the same form, it can be difficult to determine in some cases whether persons named Novius bore it as a praenomen or a nomen gentilicium. In either case, the name itself establishes the Oscan origin of the Novii.[2]

Members

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, pp. 1211, 1212 ("Novia Gens").
  2. ^ Chase, pp. 127, 128, 138.
  3. ^ Macrobius, i. 10.
  4. ^ Gellius, xv. 13.
  5. ^ Bothe, Poëtae Scenici Latinorum, vol. ii. p. 41 ff.
  6. ^ Asconius Pedianus, In Ciceronis Pro Milone, p. 47 (ed. Orelli).
  7. ^ Broughton, vol. II, p. 196.
  8. ^ Pliny, xxxvi. 72.
  9. ^ a b c d e PIR, vol. II, p. 417.
  10. ^ Tacitus, Annales xv. 71.
  11. ^ Martial, vii. 72.
  12. ^ a b PIR, vol. II, p. 416.
  13. ^ Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, iv. 20, v. 5.
  14. ^ Juvenal, xii. 111.
  15. ^ a b c d PIR, vol. II, p. 418.
  16. ^ Aelius Spartianus, "The Life of Septimius Severus", 13.

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