The gens Curvia was a minor Roman gens best known for being among the ancestors of emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Members
- Sextus Curvius Silvinus, quaestor during the reign of Augustus or Tiberius[1]
- Curvius Marcellus, owned a domus in Pompeii with his wife Fabia.[2]
- Curvia Fabia (or Fabia Curvia), woman attested at an insula in Pompeii.[3][4]
- Sextus Curvius Tullus, son of Silvinus, he was a close friend of the lawyer Gnaeus Domitius Afer but they later had a falling out[1]
- Gnaeus Domitius Tullus,[lower-alpha 1] son of Curvius Tullus, he and his brother were adopted by their father's friend Domitius Afer before the two men became hostile[1]
- Gnaeus Domitius Lucanus,[lower-alpha 1] son of Curvius Tullus, he and his brother were adopted by their father's friend Domitius Afer before the two men became hostile[1]
- Domitia Lucilla, possibly originally Curvia Lucilla was the daughter of Lucanus and mother of Domitia Lucilla the Younger who became mother of emperor Marcus Aurelius.[5]
- Curvia, woman described on an epitaph from Morte-Merie, Uzer, Ardèche, France.[6]
See also
Notes
References
Sources
- Adriano: architettura e progetto (in Italian). Electa. Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli, Italy)/Villa Adriana (Tívoli). 2000.
- Lindsay, Hugh (2009). Adoption in the Roman world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-65821-1. OCLC 647846259.
- Dupraz, Joëlle; Fraisse, Christel (2001). L'Ardèche (in French). Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Ministère de l'éducation nationale, Ministère de la recherche, Ministère de la culture et de la communication, Maison des sciences de l'homme.
- D'Avino, Michele (1967). The Women of Pompeii. Loffredo.
- D'Avino, Michele (1964). La donna a Pompei (in Italian). Loffredo.
- Della Corte, Matteo (1954). Case ed abitanti di Pompei (in Italian). Presso l'autore.
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