Spurinna
Spurinna may refer to: * Titus Vestricius Spurinna (c. 24–after 105 AD), two-time Roman consul and friend of Pliny the Younger * Members of the gens Spurinnia * Spurinna, a haruspex who warned Julius Caesar about the Ides of March The Ides of March (; la, Idus Martiae, Late Latin: ) is the 74th day in the Roman calendar, corresponding to 15 March. It was marked by several religious observances and was notable in Rome as a deadline for settling debts. In 44 BC, it became ...

Titus Vestricius Spurinna
Titus Vestricius Spurinna (c. 24 – after 105 AD) was a Roman senator, consul, and a friend and role model of Pliny the Younger.Jo-Ann Shelton, ''The Women of Pliny's Letters'' (Routledge, 2013), p. 131. He was consul at least twice, the first time possibly in 72, and the second in the year 98 as the colleague of the emperor Trajan. Spurinna is one of the correspondents in Pliny's ''Letters'', and had literary interests of his own, including writing lyric poetry. Pliny says dinner parties at his home were often enlivened by scenes from Roman comedy. Pliny admired Vestricius Spurinna for his active but orderly life as a septuagenarian. He enjoyed conversation, reading and writing, exercise, and bathing. His diet was simple but good, and he enjoyed the full use of his faculties, remaining both physically and mentally vigorous. Life "The origins of Vestricius Spurinna is nowhere documented," writes Ronald Syme, then a few lines later states he was "presumably a Transpadane". Sym ...
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Spurinnia Gens
The gens Spurinnia was a minor plebeian family of Etruscan descent at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned in ancient writers, but several are known from inscriptions.''PW'', "Spurinna". Origin The nomen ''Spurinna'' belongs to a class of gentilicia of Etruscan origin, readily distinguished by the suffix ', characteristic of Etruscan nomina. The inscriptions of this gens, mostly belonging to the imperial era, and all of which come from either Rome or Etruria, demonstrate that the feminine form was ''Spurinnia''. As a cognomen, ''Spurinna'' appears in the Vestricia gens, the members of which gained considerable fame from the time of Caesar to that of Trajan, but the majority of epigraphic occurrences are as a ''nomen gentilicium''. Praenomina The inscriptions of the Spurinnae indicate that their favoured praenomina were ''Lucius'', '' Publius'', and ''Quintus'', three of the most common names throughout Roman history. There is also an example of ''Velthur'', a ...
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