by Aldus Marius on Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:26 pm
Salvete, amici...!
Sorry it took so long to get these up here, but the Fulvii had more Famous Names than any other gens in my project, so I had to at least try to find out something about each of them. As will be seen, I was not always successful. (Makes ya realize how much of the Heritage we've lost, nonne?)
The Fulvii were a Plebeian gens who nevertheless had a lock on the Consulship for most of the 3rd and 2nd Centuries b.c.e. Towards the tail-end of that period, they seem to have gotten on the wrong side of every issue deemed important by the Powers That Be. They were early and important supporters of the Gracchi, opponents of the Triumvirate, and I imagine those few of them who lived to see it were none too fond of the Principate. Principled men and women, these--and not at all afraid to die for their various causes.
Here they are...
[gens Fulvia:]
Praenomina in use: Gaius, Gnaeus, Lucius, Marcus, Quintus, Sextus
Some Fulvii:
-- Lucius Fulvius Curvus [cos. 322bce]
-- Marcus Fulvius Curvus [cos. suff. 305bce]
-- Marcus Fulvius Paetinus [cos. 299bce]
-- Gnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centamalus [cos. 298bce]
-- Gaius Fulvius Curvus [aed. 295bce]
-- Gaius Fulvius Centamalus [cos 229/211bce]
-- Sextus Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior [cos. 225bce]
-- Quintus Fulvius Flaccus [cos. 224, 212, 209bce(!!)] - possibly two or three different men
-- Gaius Fulvius Flaccus
-- Marcus Fulvius Nobilior [cos. 189, Censor 179bce] - Triumphed in 187 for victories in Greece while Consul. Later, quite the Grecophile himself; also patron of the poet Ennius.
-- Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus
-- Quintus Fulvius Gillo
-- Marcus Fulvius Flaccus [cos 125bce] - Supporter of the Gracchi. On Ti. Gracchus' Agrarian Commission, 130bce; pushed for extension of citizenship to non-Roman Italian landowners. As Consul, celebrated a triumph for victories in Gallia. Only ex-Consul ever known to have run for Tribune of the Plebs. Served with G. Gracchus, 122bce; killed along with him in 121.
-- Fulvia [d. 40bce] - wife of Publius Clodius (yes, *that* Clodius) and, later, of Marc Antony. Clashed with Octavian, to the point of provoking warfare, while defending Antony's interests...meanwhile the 'gallant' Antony was most famously cheating on her in Egypt!
-- ? Fulvius Pius
-- Gaius Fulvius Plautianus ['that last-of-the-Fulvius fellow'; cos. 203ce, Praef. Praet. to 205] - Possible kinsman of Septimius Severus; they did share the same hometown (Leptis Magna of north Africa). Overreached himself; accused of plotting to assassinate Severus and his son Caracalla; executed in 205ce. Father of Caracalla's wife, Publia Flavia Plautilla [d. 212].
OK, that's enough of 'em to last ya two nundinae,, and maybe a little longer if that one fellow was actually triplets. >({|;-)
In fide,
Aldus Marius Peregrinus.