Octavius Maecius, according to some accounts,[i] leader of the allied cavalry in 293 BC, during the Third Samnite War. He employed a clever ruse to make his forces appear far more substantial than they in fact were, alarming the Samnite army.[2]
Spurius Maecius Tarpa, a contemporary of Cicero, whom Pompeius hired to select the plays performed at his games in 55 BC. At a later date, Octavian relied on him for his opinion of drama.[3][4][5]
Quintus Maecius, a Roman poet, known only from his twelve epigrams in the Greek Anthology, which are some of the finest in the collection.[6][7][8]
Marcus Maecius Rufus, proconsul of Bithynia, and consul suffectus during the reign of Vespasian.[9]
Jan Gruter, Inscriptiones Antiquae Totius Orbis Romani, Heidelberg (1603).
Johann Albert Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca, sive Notitia Scriptorum Veterum Graecorum (The Greek Library, or Knowledge of Ancient Greek Writers), Christian Liebezeit & Theodor Christoph Felginer, Hamburg (1718).
Analecta Veterum Poetarum Graecorum (Fragments by Ancient Greek Poets), Richard François Philippe Brunck, ed., Bauer and Treuttel, Strasbourg (1772–1776).
Anthologia Graeca sive Poetarum Graecorum Lusus, ex Recensione Brunckii (The Greek Anthology, or Works of the Greek Poets, or the Collection of Brunck), Friedrich Jacobs, ed., Dyck, Leipzig (1794).
Poëtarum Latinorum Reliquiae (Surviving Works of Latin Poets), M. Augustus Weichert, ed., B. G. Teubner, Leipzig (1830).
Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for A. D. 70–96", in Classical Quarterly, vol. 31 (1981).
December 17, 2023
maecia, gens, gens, maecia, plebeian, family, ancient, rome, members, this, gens, rarely, mentioned, before, time, cicero, imperial, times, they, rose, prominence, achieving, consulship, several, occasions, contents, members, footnotes, also, references, bibli. The gens Maecia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome Members of this gens are rarely mentioned before the time of Cicero but in Imperial times they rose to prominence achieving the consulship on at several occasions 1 Contents 1 Members 2 Footnotes 3 See also 4 References 5 BibliographyMembers editOctavius Maecius according to some accounts i leader of the allied cavalry in 293 BC during the Third Samnite War He employed a clever ruse to make his forces appear far more substantial than they in fact were alarming the Samnite army 2 Spurius Maecius Tarpa a contemporary of Cicero whom Pompeius hired to select the plays performed at his games in 55 BC At a later date Octavian relied on him for his opinion of drama 3 4 5 Quintus Maecius a Roman poet known only from his twelve epigrams in the Greek Anthology which are some of the finest in the collection 6 7 8 Marcus Maecius Rufus proconsul of Bithynia and consul suffectus during the reign of Vespasian 9 Lucius Maecius Postumus consul suffectus in AD 98 Lucius Roscius Aelianus Maecius Celer consul suffectus in AD 100 Marcus Maecius Celer consul suffectus in AD 101 Maecius Marullus named by the Historia Augusta as the father of the emperor Gordian I Quintus Maecius Laetus consul in AD 215 he had previously been consul in an uncertain year Marcus Pomponius Maecius Probus consul in AD 228 10 Marcus Maecius Memmius Furius Placidus consul in AD 343 1 Rufius Achilius Maecius Placidus consul in AD 481 Footnotes edit According to others Spurius Nautius led the allied cavalry See also editList of Roman gentesReferences edit a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology vol II p 895 Maecia Gens Livy x 41 Cicero Epistulae ad Familiares vii 1 Horace Satirae i 10 38 Ars Poetica 386 Weichert Poetarum Latinorum p 334 Brunck Analecta Poetarum Graecorum vol ii p 236 vol iii p 332 Jacobs Anthologia Graeca vol ii p 220 vol xiii pp 913 914 Fabricius Bibliotheca Graeca vol iv p 481 Gallivan The Fasti for A D 70 96 p 206 Julius Capitolinus The Lives of the Three Gordians 2 Bibliography editMarcus Tullius Cicero Epistulae ad Familiares Quintus Horatius Flaccus Horace Satirae Satires Ars Poetica The Art of Poetry Julius Capitolinus The Lives of the Three Gordians in the Historia Augusta Jan Gruter Inscriptiones Antiquae Totius Orbis Romani Heidelberg 1603 Johann Albert Fabricius Bibliotheca Graeca sive Notitia Scriptorum Veterum Graecorum The Greek Library or Knowledge of Ancient Greek Writers Christian Liebezeit amp Theodor Christoph Felginer Hamburg 1718 Analecta Veterum Poetarum Graecorum Fragments by Ancient Greek Poets Richard Francois Philippe Brunck ed Bauer and Treuttel Strasbourg 1772 1776 Anthologia Graeca sive Poetarum Graecorum Lusus ex Recensione Brunckii The Greek Anthology or Works of the Greek Poets or the Collection of Brunck Friedrich Jacobs ed Dyck Leipzig 1794 Poetarum Latinorum Reliquiae Surviving Works of Latin Poets M Augustus Weichert ed B G Teubner Leipzig 1830 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology William Smith ed Little Brown and Company Boston 1849 Paul Gallivan The Fasti for A D 70 96 in Classical Quarterly vol 31 1981 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maecia gens amp oldid 1003548777, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
