The gens Munatia was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned during the second century BC, but they did not obtain any of the higher offices of the Roman state until imperial times.[3]
Statue of Lucius Munatius Plancus, in the Rathaus of Basel. Plancus founded the colony of Raurica, now Basel, in 43 BC.[1][2] The statue, depicting Plancus in the Renaissance version of Roman armor, is dated 1580.
The chief surnames of the Munatii under the Republic were Flaccus, Gratus, Plancus, and Rufus.[3]Plancus, often written Plancius, denotes a person with flat feet.[4][5] It was the cognomen of the most important family of the Munatii.[6] Some of the Munatii do not appear to have borne cognomina.[3]
Membersedit
This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
Publius Munatius, imprisoned by the triumviri capitales in an uncertain year. Munatius was said to have taken the crown from the statue of Marsyas that stood in the Roman Forum, and placed it on his own head. He appealed his sentence to the tribunes of the plebs, but was ignored.[9]
Munatius, a man of no consequence, who having squandered his fortune, joined the conspiracy of Catiline.[10]
Munatius Rufus, a close friend of Cato the Younger, with whom he quarreled. Cato's wife, Marcia, succeeded in bringing about a reconciliation between the men.[11][12]
Gaius Munatius C. f., a provincial official to whom Cicero recommended Lucius Livinius Trypho, a freedman.[13]
Titus Munatius, a relative of Lucius Munatius Plancus, proconsul of Gallia Narbonensis in 44 BC. Munatius received valuable intelligence from his kinsman, which he relayed to Cicero and the Roman Senate. He later joined the party of Marcus Antonius.[21]
Munatii Planciedit
Denarius of Lucius Plautius Plancus, 47 BC. The obverse depicts a facing head of Medusa. The reverse is a reproduction of Nicomachus of Thebes' Victory in a Quadriga, which was placed in the Temple of Jupiter by Lucius Munatius Plancus, consul in 43 BC and Plautius' natural brother.[22][23]
Gnaeus Munatius Plancus, was accused by Marcus Junius Brutus about 106 BC, and defended by Lucius Licinius Crassus, the famed orator.[24][25]
Titus Munatius L. f. L. n. Plancus Bursa, a partisan of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, stoked the unease which led to Pompeius being appointed consul sine collega. He was condemned for joining in the burning of the Curia Hostilia, and went into exile, but later returned. After Caesar's murder, he joined the party of Antonius.[40][41][42][43][44]
Gnaeus Munatius L. f. L. n. Plancus, praetor in 43 BC.[45]
Gaius Munatius L. f. L. n. Plancus,[i] afterward Lucius Plautius Plancus, was adopted by Lucius Plautius, whose name he assumed. He was proscribed by the Second Triumvirate, and hid near Salernum, but voluntarily gave himself up to save his slaves from being tortured to death to reveal him.[46][47][48][49]
Munatia L. f. L. n., sister of Lucius, Titus, Gnaeus, and Gaius, married Marcus Titius. He was proscribed by the triumvirs in 43 BC, but escaped to Sicily.[50][51]
Aureus of Gaius Julius Caesar and Lucius Munatius Plancus, 45 BC. A bust of Victory is depicted on the obverse, while there is a jug on the reverse. The legends tell that Caesar is dictator for the third time, and Plancus has been appointed urban prefect.[58][59]
^The Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, followed by Broughton, makes Gaius Munatius Plancus the same as Gnaeus Munatius Plancus, praetor in 43 BC, who would otherwise be his brother. However, this identification is very uncertain, as the only sources that name the praetor call him Gnaeus, while the only sources that name the proscribed Plancus call him Gaius or Lucius.
Wilhelm Drumann, Geschichte Roms in seinem Übergang von der republikanischen zur monarchischen Verfassung, oder: Pompeius, Caesar, Cicero und ihre Zeitgenossen, Königsberg (1834–1844).
T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, American Philological Association (1952).
Michael Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge University Press (1974, 2001).
January 01, 1970
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The gens Munatia was a plebeian family at Rome Members of this gens are first mentioned during the second century BC but they did not obtain any of the higher offices of the Roman state until imperial times 3 Statue of Lucius Munatius Plancus in the Rathaus of Basel Plancus founded the colony of Raurica now Basel in 43 BC 1 2 The statue depicting Plancus in the Renaissance version of Roman armor is dated 1580 Contents 1 Branches and cognomina 2 Members 2 1 Munatii of the Republic 2 2 Munatii Planci 2 3 Munatii of the Empire 3 Footnotes 4 See also 5 References 6 BibliographyBranches and cognomina editThe chief surnames of the Munatii under the Republic were Flaccus Gratus Plancus and Rufus 3 Plancus often written Plancius denotes a person with flat feet 4 5 It was the cognomen of the most important family of the Munatii 6 Some of the Munatii do not appear to have borne cognomina 3 Members editThis list includes abbreviated praenomina For an explanation of this practice see filiation Munatii of the Republic edit Gaius Munatius appointed commissioner in 173 BC to allot land in Liguria and Cisalpine Gaul 7 8 Publius Munatius imprisoned by the triumviri capitales in an uncertain year Munatius was said to have taken the crown from the statue of Marsyas that stood in the Roman Forum and placed it on his own head He appealed his sentence to the tribunes of the plebs but was ignored 9 Munatius a man of no consequence who having squandered his fortune joined the conspiracy of Catiline 10 Munatius Rufus a close friend of Cato the Younger with whom he quarreled Cato s wife Marcia succeeded in bringing about a reconciliation between the men 11 12 Gaius Munatius C f a provincial official to whom Cicero recommended Lucius Livinius Trypho a freedman 13 Lucius Munatius Flaccus joined a conspiracy against Quintus Cassius Longinus praetor in Hispania Ulterior in 48 BC Flaccus slew one of the praetor s lictors and wounded Cassius but failed to complete his mission 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Titus Munatius a relative of Lucius Munatius Plancus proconsul of Gallia Narbonensis in 44 BC Munatius received valuable intelligence from his kinsman which he relayed to Cicero and the Roman Senate He later joined the party of Marcus Antonius 21 Munatii Planci edit nbsp Denarius of Lucius Plautius Plancus 47 BC The obverse depicts a facing head of Medusa The reverse is a reproduction of Nicomachus of Thebes Victory in a Quadriga which was placed in the Temple of Jupiter by Lucius Munatius Plancus consul in 43 BC and Plautius natural brother 22 23 Gnaeus Munatius Plancus was accused by Marcus Junius Brutus about 106 BC and defended by Lucius Licinius Crassus the famed orator 24 25 Lucius Munatius L f L n Plancus one of Caesar s most loyal lieutenants became consul in 42 BC after the dictator s death On another occasion he was consul suffectus but the year is not certain He befriended Marcus Antonius then Octavian proposed the title of Augustus for him in 27 BC and was Roman censor in 42 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Titus Munatius L f L n Plancus Bursa a partisan of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus stoked the unease which led to Pompeius being appointed consul sine collega He was condemned for joining in the burning of the Curia Hostilia and went into exile but later returned After Caesar s murder he joined the party of Antonius 40 41 42 43 44 Gnaeus Munatius L f L n Plancus praetor in 43 BC 45 Gaius Munatius L f L n Plancus i afterward Lucius Plautius Plancus was adopted by Lucius Plautius whose name he assumed He was proscribed by the Second Triumvirate and hid near Salernum but voluntarily gave himself up to save his slaves from being tortured to death to reveal him 46 47 48 49 Munatia L f L n sister of Lucius Titus Gnaeus and Gaius married Marcus Titius He was proscribed by the triumvirs in 43 BC but escaped to Sicily 50 51 Munatia L f L n Plancina probably daughter of the consul Lucius married Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso governor of Syria under Tiberius She and her husband were suspected of poisoning Germanicus but Plancina was protected by the empress Livia Accused again in AD 33 she took her own life 52 53 54 Lucius Munatius L f L n Plancus consul in AD 13 After the death of Augustus the senate dispatched him to deal with the legions that had revolted against Germanicus but on his arrival he was nearly slain by the soldiers 55 56 57 54 nbsp Aureus of Gaius Julius Caesar and Lucius Munatius Plancus 45 BC A bust of Victory is depicted on the obverse while there is a jug on the reverse The legends tell that Caesar is dictator for the third time and Plancus has been appointed urban prefect 58 59 Munatii of the Empire edit Munatius Gratus a participant in the Pisonian conspiracy of AD 65 60 38 Lucius Munatius Gallus legatus pro praetore commanding the army in Africa AD 100 38 Marcus Munatius Popilianus the husband of Cocceia Bassula Numisia Procula 54 Munatia M f Procula mentioned in an inscription from Rome 54 Lucius Munatius Felix governor of Egypt under Antoninus Pius 61 Gnaeus Munatius M f Aurelius Bassus a soldier stationed at Colonia Claudia Victricensis in Britain 62 Gnaeus Munatius Cn f Bassus perhaps the son of Aurelius Bassus 62 Quintus Munatius Celsus governor of Mauretania Caesariensis under Caracalla 62 Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis consul in AD 215 54 Marcus Munatius Sulla Urbanus consul in AD 234 with Marcus Claudius Pupienus Maximus the future emperor 63 Footnotes edit The Realencyclopadie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft followed by Broughton makes Gaius Munatius Plancus the same as Gnaeus Munatius Plancus praetor in 43 BC who would otherwise be his brother However this identification is very uncertain as the only sources that name the praetor call him Gnaeus while the only sources that name the proscribed Plancus call him Gaius or Lucius See also editList of Roman gentesReferences edit Seneca the Younger Epistulae 91 Strabo iv pp 186 192 a b c Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology vol II p 1120 Munatia Gens Pliny the Elder xi 45 s 105 Festus s v Plancae Drumann Geschichte Roms vol iv p 205 ff Livy xlii 4 Broughton vol I p 410 Pliny the Elder xxi 6 Cicero In Catilinam ii 2 Plutarch The Life of Cato Minor 9 30 36 37 Valerius Maximus iv 3 2 Cicero Epistulae ad Familiares xiii 60 Hirtius De Bello Alexandrino 52 Caesar De Bello Hispaniensis 19 Valerius Maximus ix 2 4 Frontinus Strategemata iii 14 Cassius Dio xliii 33 34 Broughton vol II p 313 PW vol XVI part 1 col 538 Munatius No 19 Cicero Epistulae ad Familiares x 12 Pliny Historia Naturalis xxxv 108 Crawford Roman Republican Coinage p 468 Cicero De Oratore ii 54 Pro Cluentio 51 Quintilian v 3 44 Caesar De Bello Gallico v 24 ff De Bello Civili i 40 Hirtius De Bello Africo 4 Cicero Epistulae ad Familiares x 1 24 xi 9 11 13 15 xii 8 Philippicae iii 15 xiii 19 Plutarch The Life of Brutus 19 The Life of Antonius 56 58 Appian Bellum Civile iii 46 74 81 97 iv 12 37 45 v 33 35 50 55 61 144 Cassius Dio xlvi 29 50 53 xlvii 16 xlviii 24 l 3 Velleius Paterculus ii 63 74 83 Macrobius ii 2 Suetonius De Claris Rhetoribus 6 Pliny the Elder vii 10 s 12 xiii 3 s 5 Solinus i 75 Horace Odes Carmina i 7 a b c PIR vol I p 390 Broughton vol II pp 307 329 347 357 Cassius Dio xl 49 55 xlvi 38 Plutarch The Life of Pompeius 55 The Life of Catiline 48 Asconius Pedianus In Ciceronis Pro Milone p 32 ff ed Orelli Cicero Epistulae ad Atticum vi 1 10 Epistulae ad Familiares vii 12 xii 18 Philippicae vi 4 x 10 xi 6 xii 8 xiii 12 Broughton vol II p 354 Cicero Epistulae ad Atticum xvi 16 Epistulae ad Familiares x 6 11 15 17 21 Pliny the Elder xii 3 s 5 Valerius Maximus vi 8 5 Appian Bellum Civile iv 12 Velleius Paterculus ii 67 Cassius Dio xlviii 30 Velleius Paterculus ii 83 Tacitus Annales ii 43 55 75 iii 9 15 17 vi 26 Cassius Dio lvii 18 lviii 22 a b c d e PIR vol I p 392 Cassius Dio lvi 28 Suetonius The Life of Augustus p 102 Tacitus Annales i 28 Broughton vol II p 313 Crawford Roman Republican Coinage p 485 Tacitus Annales 15 50 PIR vol I pp 389 390 a b c PIR vol I p 389 CIL XIV 4562 AE 2006 77 AE 2009 1799 Bibliography editMarcus Tullius Cicero De Oratore Epistulae ad Atticum Epistulae ad Familiares In Catilinam Philippicae Pro Cluentio Gaius Julius Caesar Commentarii de Bello Gallico Commentaries on the Gallic War Commentarii de Bello Civili Commentaries on the Civil War De Bello Hispaniensis On the War in Spain attributed Aulus Hirtius De Bello Alexandrino De Bello Africo On the African War attributed Quintus Horatius Flaccus Horace Odes Titus Livius Livy Ab Urbe Condita History of Rome Dionysius of Halicarnassus Romaike Archaiologia Strabo Geographica Marcus Velleius Paterculus Compendium of Roman History Valerius Maximus Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium Memorable Facts and Sayings Lucius Annaeus Seneca Seneca the Younger Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium Moral Letters to Lucilius Quintus Asconius Pedianus Commentarius in Oratio Ciceronis Pro Milone Commentary on Cicero s Oration Pro Milone Gaius Plinius Secundus Pliny the Elder Historia Naturalis Natural History Marcus Fabius Quintilianus Quintilian Institutio Oratoria Institutes of Oratory Sextus Julius Frontinus Strategemata Stratagems Publius Cornelius Tacitus Annales Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus De Vita Caesarum Lives of the Caesars or The Twelve Caesars De Claris Rhetoribus On the Eminent Orators Plutarchus Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Appianus Alexandrinus Appian Bellum Civile The Civil War Sextus Pompeius Festus Epitome de M Verrio Flacco de Verborum Significatu Epitome of Marcus Verrius Flaccus On the Meaning of Words Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus Cassius Dio Roman History Gaius Julius Solinus De Mirabilis Mundi On the Wonders of the World Wilhelm Drumann Geschichte Roms in seinem Ubergang von der republikanischen zur monarchischen Verfassung oder Pompeius Caesar Cicero und ihre Zeitgenossen Konigsberg 1834 1844 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology William Smith ed Little Brown and Company Boston 1849 Theodor Mommsen et alii Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum The Body of Latin Inscriptions abbreviated CIL Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften 1853 present Rene Cagnat et alii L Annee epigraphique The Year in Epigraphy abbreviated AE Presses Universitaires de France 1888 present August Pauly Georg Wissowa et alii Realencyclopadie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft Scientific Encyclopedia of the Knowledge of Classical Antiquities abbreviated RE or PW J B Metzler Stuttgart 1894 1980 Paul von Rohden Elimar Klebs amp Hermann Dessau Prosopographia Imperii Romani The Prosopography of the Roman Empire abbreviated PIR Berlin 1898 T Robert S Broughton The Magistrates of the Roman Republic American Philological Association 1952 Michael Crawford Roman Republican Coinage Cambridge University Press 1974 2001 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Munatia gens amp oldid 1220735276, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
