Ancient Roman family
The gens Stellia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned in history, but a few are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The nomen Stellius is derived from the Latin Stella, a star, which sometimes appears as a cognomen, in its original form, or in the derivative form Stellio.[1][2] It belongs to a large class of gentilicia derived from the names of familiar objects.[3]
Members
- This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
- Stellia Agathe, dedicated a tomb at Casinum in Latium for her husband, Cornelius Phoebus.[4]
- Stellius Novellus Amaranthus, dedicated a tomb at Messana in Sicilia for his son, Cytisus, aged ten.[5]
- Gaius Stellius C. f. Primigenius, dedicated a tomb at Saepinum in Samnium for his friend, Gaius Neratius Primio.[6]
- Quintus Stellius Q. f. Vopiscus, made an offering to Diana Lucifera at Philippi in Macedonia, dating between the first and third centuries.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Cassell's Latin and English Dictionary, s.v. stella.
- ^ "Arruntius Stella", Tacitus, Annales, xiii. 22; Statius, Silvae, i. (dedicatio). Martial, Epigrammata, v. 21. C. Afranius Stellio, Livy, xxxix. 23, 25, xliii. 18, 19.
- ^ Chase, p. 112.
- ^ CIL X, 5291.
- ^ Bitto, Le Iscrizioni Greche e Latine di Messina, 16.
- ^ CIL IX, 6637.
- ^ AE 1934, 52.
Bibliography
- Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome.
- Publius Papinius Statius, Silvae.
- Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), Epigrammata (Epigrams).
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Annales.
- 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).
- D.P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin and English Dictionary, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (1963).
- Irma Bitto, Le Iscrizioni Greche e Latine di Messina (The Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Messina), Università degli Studi di Messina (2001).
