The gens Javolena, occasionally found as Javolenia, was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens appear in history, but two of them attained the consulship, one under Domitian, and the other in the time of Antoninus Pius.

Origin

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The nomen Javolenus belongs to a class of gentilicia formed using the suffix -enus, typically of Umbrian and Picentine origin.[1] Based on a number of inscriptions from Iguvium in Umbria, historian Anthony Birley concludes that the various names of Lucius Javolenus Priscus point to this as the likely origin of the family.[2]

Praenomina

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The main praenomina of the Javoleni were Gaius, Lucius, and Marcus, the three most common names in all periods of Roman history. The only other praenomen found in inscriptions of this family is Sextus.

Members

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

Undated Javoleni

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  • Marcus Javolenus, named on a pot found at Arretium in Etruria.[18]
  • Javolena Artemisia, buried at Tusculum in Latium, with a monument fromher husband, Epictetus.[19]
  • Lucius Javolenus Hilarus, buried at Rome, with a monument from his son, Sulpicianus.[20]
  • Javolena Marcia, together with her sister and mother, both named Javolena Sosibia, dedicated a monument at Rome to her father, Publius Manlius Fuscus.[21]
  • Javolena Primilla, buried at Rome, aged eighteen years, four months, and twenty days, with a monument dedicated by her husband, Marcus Claudius Julianus.[22]
  • Javolena Sabina, a freedwoman buried at Rome, aged twenty-two, with a monument from Lucius Javolenus Restitutus, probably her former master.[23]
  • Javolena Sosibia, the mother of Javolena Marcia and Javolena Sosibia, with whom she joined in dedicating a monument at Rome to her husband, Publius Manlius Fuscus.[21]
  • Javolena Sosibia, together with her mother, also named Javolena Sosibia, and sister, Javolena Marcia, dedicated a monument at Rome to her father, Publius Manlius Fuscus.[21]
  • Javolena Thyce, a freedwoman buried at Rome, aged thirty, with a monument from Narcissus, who had been a slave with her.[24]
  • Javolenia Sextulla Ufclia, buried in the sepulchre of the Javolenii at Thibilis in Numidia, aged twenty-one.[25]
  • Marcus Javolenius M. f. Victor Asinus Major, buried in the sepulchre of the Javolenii at Thibilis, aged thirteen.[25]
  • Sextus Javolenius Sex. f. Victor Junior, buried in the sepulchre of the Javolenii at Thibilis, aged nineteen.[25]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Chase, p. 118.
  2. ^ a b Birley, The Fasti of Roman Britain, pp. 213, 214.
  3. ^ CIL III, 2864, CIL VIII, 23165, CIL XIV, 244, CIL XVI, 36.
  4. ^ AE 1925, 11, AE 1949, 23, AE 2003, 2056, AE 2004, 1910.
  5. ^ Gallivan, "The Fasti for A.D. 70–96", pp. 190, 216.
  6. ^ AE 1995, 469.
  7. ^ CIL VI, 2184, CIL VI, 2185, CIL VI, 19665.
  8. ^ CIL XIV, 2499.
  9. ^ PIR, I. 12.
  10. ^ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, pp. 192, 256, 298, 304.
  11. ^ CIL VI, 19663.
  12. ^ CIL XI, 5805, CIL XI, 5806.
  13. ^ CIL IX, 2482.
  14. ^ CIL V, 3487.
  15. ^ AE 1924, 92.
  16. ^ CIL III, 1434.
  17. ^ Ferrua, Antiche Inscrizione Inedite di Roma, vi. 35.
  18. ^ CIL XI, 6689.
  19. ^ CIL XIV, 2546a.
  20. ^ CIL VI, 19664.
  21. ^ a b c CIL VI, 21945.
  22. ^ CIL VI, 19666.
  23. ^ CIL VI, 19667.
  24. ^ CIL VI, 19668.
  25. ^ a b c CIL VIII, 18997.

Bibliography

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