Reginia gens

The gens Reginia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are mentioned in history, but several are known from inscriptions.[1]

Origin

The nomen Reginius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from cognomina ending in -inus.[2] Reginus, the surname and probable root of this nomen, belongs to a type of cognomen derived from the names of places, in this case the ancient city of Rhegium in Bruttium, presumable the place where the ancestors of the Reginii lived.[3][4]

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
  • Gaius Reginius, a soldier in the eighth cohort of the praetorian guard, who placed a monument at Rome in memory of his colleague, Gaius Julius Verus.[5]
  • Gaius Reginius December, built a monument for his wife, Cintusmina, the daughter of Magionus, at Durocortorum in Gallia Belgica.[6]
  • Marcus Reginius M. f. Eutyches, a native of Lycia, was a soldier in the twelfth urban cohort at Rome in AD 197, serving the century of Romanus.[7]
  • Reginia Grata, built a tomb at Cortona in Etruria for her husband, Aulus Gellius Etruscus.[8]
  • Reginius Justinus, a probably a military tribune, named in a libationary inscription dedicated to Neptune, found at Banna in Britain.[9]
  • Reginia Maxima, buried at Rome with her husband, Publius Vibius Marianus, a decorated soldier, formerly centurion primus pilus of the third legion, in a tomb dedicated by their daughters, Julia Dertona and Vibia Maria Maxima.[10][1]
  • Reginia Paterna, made an offering to Semele at Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germania Inferior.[11]
  • Quintus Reginius Silvanus, buried at Lactora in Gallia Aquitania, together with his wife, Julia Comenua.[12]
  • Reginia Titula, a native of Arabia Petraea, buried at Rome, aged twenty-nine, with a monument from her husband, Aurelius Septimius.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b PIR, vol. III, p. 126.
  2. ^ Chase, pp. 125, 126.
  3. ^ Chase, pp. 113, 114.
  4. ^ New College Latin & English Dictionary, s. v. Reginus.
  5. ^ CIL VI, 37218.
  6. ^ AE 1976, 461.
  7. ^ CIL VI, 2384.
  8. ^ CIL XI, 7090.
  9. ^ AE 1977, 519.
  10. ^ CIL VI, 1636.
  11. ^ CIL XIII, 8244.
  12. ^ CIL XIII, 533.
  13. ^ CIL VI, 3422.

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