The gens Tursidia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers, but a few are known from inscriptions. Although they gained admission to the Roman senate, none of them rose higher than the rank of aedile.[1]

Origin

The nomen Tursidius belongs to a class of gentilicia originally formed from cognomina ending in -idus. Over time, -idius came to be regarded as a regular gentile-forming suffix, and was applied to form nomina in cases where it had no etymological justification.[2] The earliest Tursidii known from epigraphy came from Spoletium in Umbria, perhaps this family's place of origin.[3][4]

Members

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

Undated Tursidii

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Theodor Mommsen et alii, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated CIL), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
  • René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
  • George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII, pp. 103–184 (1897).
  • Hispania Epigraphica (Epigraphy of Spain), Madrid (1989–present).
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