Modia gens
The gens Modia was a minor family at Ancient Rome, known from a small number of individuals.[1]
Praenomina[edit]
The Modii are known to have used the praenomina Quintus, Septimus, Marcus, Gaius, and Lucius, all of which were very common, except for Septimus, which was quite unusual.[2] The first Modius to appear in history was a duumvir of Luceria in Apulia at the end of the Pyrrhic War; the gens might therefore come from this city.
Members[edit]
- Gaius Modius Cr. f., duumvir of Luceria circa 275 BC; he minted bronze coins during his magistracy.[i][3]
- Septimus Modius, known from an inscription.[4]
- Quintus Modius Equiculus, mentioned by Varro.[5]
- Marcus Modius, mentioned by Cicero.[6]
- Gaius Modius Justus, propraetor of Numidia in an uncertain year.[7]
- Quintus Modius, described as the brother of Gaius Vibius Postumus, probably the same who was proconsul of Asia during the reign of Nero.[7]
- Modia, a Roman matron mentioned by Juvenal.[8]
- Modius Terventinus, praefectus vehiculorum in AD 214.[7]
- Modius Julius, governor of Britannia Inferior in AD 219.[7]
- Gaius Modius Taurus, a Roman aristocrat, mentioned in an inscription of uncertain date.[7]
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ The praenomen of his father abbreviated "Cr." on his coins does not refer to any known Latin praenomen.
References[edit]
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 1109 ("Modius").
- ^ Chase, p. 151.
- ^ Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy, pp. 242, 243.
- ^ Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, s. v. "Modius".
- ^ Varro, Rerum Rusticarum, ii. 7.
- ^ Cicero, In Verrem, ii. 48.
- ^ a b c d e PIR, vol. II, p. 385.
- ^ Juvenal, iii. 130.
Bibliography[edit]
- Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum Rusticarum (Rural Matters).
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Verrem.
- Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Satirae (Satires).
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
- August Pauly, Georg Wissowa, et alii, Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart (1894–1980).
- George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897).
- Paul von Rohden, Elimar Klebs, & Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated PIR), Berlin (1898).
- Oliver D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1], Lancaster/London, Classical Numismatic Group, 2018.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Modius". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. II. p. 1109.