Travia gens

The gens Travia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers, but a number are known from inscriptions.

Praenomina

The main praenomina of the Travii were Titus and Marcus, among the most common names at all periods of Roman history. A few members of this gens bore other common names, including Gaius, Lucius, Publius, and Quintus.

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
  • Titus Travius, buried at Ameria in Umbria in the latter half of the first century BC.[1]
  • Travius, the name by which Pomponius Porphyrion describes a man whose excessive wealth was criticized by Horace in one of his Satires. Horace calls the man Trausius, an equally obscure nomen.[2][3][4]
  • Marcus Travius, named in a sepulchral inscription from Aquincum in Pannonia Inferior, dating from the late first century.[5]
  • Travius, a soldier in the Legio V,[i] buried in a first- or second-century tomb at Ameria.[6]
  • Travia Prima, buried in a first- or second-century tomb at Pisaurum in Umbria, along with Marcus Attius Repens, a local official, and Titus Marius Capito.[7]

Undated Travii

  • Gaius Travius Ɔ. l., a freedman buried at Pola in Venetia and Histria.[8]
  • Marcus Travius L. f. Saufeius Sabinus, buried at Rome.[9]
  • Marcus Travius M. f. Saufeius Sabinus, named in an inscription from Verona in Venetia and Histria.[10]
  • Titus Travius T. l. Acutus, a freedman, was an aurifex, or goldsmith, according to an inscription from Ameria, along with the freedman Titus Travius Argentillus.[11]
  • Titus Travius T. l. Argentillus, a freedman, was an aurifex, according to an inscription from Ameria, along with the freedman Titus Travius Acutus. He was also an octovir, in this case perhaps a member of the town council at Ameria.[11]
  • Titus Travius Felix, a brickmaker whose wares have been found at various sites throughout Italy.[12]
  • Titus Travius Fortunatus, a potter whose maker's mark was found at Rome and Ostia in Latium.[13][14]
  • Travia P. f. Secci, buried at Brixia in Venetia and Histria, along with Lucius Popillius Senex.[15]
  • Travia Q. f. Tertia, buried at Aquinum in Latium.[16]
  • Marcus Travius Thallus, built a tomb at Verona for himself and Livia Psyche.[17]

Notes

  1. ^ It's unclear from the inscription whether the Legio V Macedonica or the Legio V Alaudae is meant.

See also

References

  1. ^ AE 1996, 608.
  2. ^ Horace, Satirae, ii. 2, 99.
  3. ^ Pomponius Porphyrion, Commentaries on Horace, "Satirae", ii. 2, 99.
  4. ^ PIR, vol. III, p. 332 (T, No. 224).
  5. ^ CIL III, 14349,04.
  6. ^ CIL XI, 4374.
  7. ^ CIL XI, 6359.
  8. ^ Pais, Supplementa Italica, 17.
  9. ^ CIL VI, 27567.
  10. ^ CIL V, 3779.
  11. ^ a b CIL XI, 4402.
  12. ^ CIL X, 8043,013, CIL XV, 235,10, CIL XV, 235,13, CIL XV, 235,19, CIL XV, 338,11, CIL XV, 383,09, CIL XV, 383,13, CIL XV, 383,14.
  13. ^ CIL XV, 297a, CIL XV, 297b.
  14. ^ Scavi di Ostia, xi. D, 186.
  15. ^ CIL V, 4679.
  16. ^ CIL X, 5527.
  17. ^ CIL V, 3780.

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