The gens Curvia was a minor Roman
gens
In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; : gentes ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same ''nomen gentilicium'' and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens, sometimes identified by a distinct cognomen, was cal ...
, best known for being among the ancestors of
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( ; ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors ...
.
Members
* Curvia, a woman described on an
epitaph
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from the site of modern Morte-Merie,
Uzer, Ardèche
Uzer (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France
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, France.
* Curvia Fabia (or Fabia Curvia), a woman mentioned in an inscription from an insula at Pompeii.
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Domitia Lucilla, perhaps originally Curvia Lucilla, was the daughter of Lucanus, and the mother of
Domitia Lucilla the Younger, by whom she was the grandmother of
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( ; ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors ...
.
* Curvius Marcellus, owned a domus in
Pompeii
Pompeii ( ; ) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Villa Boscoreale, many surrounding villas, the city was buried under of volcanic ash and p ...
with his wife Fabia.
* Sextus Curvius Silvinus, quaestor during the reigns of Augustus or Tiberius.
[Lindsay, p. 158.]
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Gnaeus Domitius Tullus
Gnaeus Domitius Tullus was a Roman senator and military commander active in the first century AD. His full name is Gnaeus Domitius Curvius Tullus. He was twice suffect consul: the first time between 76 and 79; the second time for the ''nundinium'' ...
, son of Curvius Tullus, along with his brother was adopted by their father's friend, Domitius Afer, before the two men became hostile.
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* ]Gnaeus Domitius Lucanus
Gnaeus Domitius Lucanus was a Roman senator and military commander active in the first century AD. His full name is Gnaeus Domitius Afer Titius Marcellus Curvius Lucanus. He was suffect consul sometime between 76 and 78.
Early life
Lucanus was ...
, the son of Curvius Tullus, he and his brother were adopted by their father's friend, Domitius Afer, before the two men fell out.[
* Sextus Curvius Tullus, the son of Silvinus, was a close friend of the lawyer Gnaeus Domitius Afer, but they had a falling out][
* Curvia Urbana, a woman named in an inscription from ]Gallia Narbonensis
Gallia Narbonensis (Latin for "Gaul of Narbonne", from its chief settlement) was a Roman province located in Occitania and Provence, in Southern France. It was also known as Provincia Nostra ("Our Province"), because it was the first ...
.
See also
* List of Roman gentes
The gens (plural gentes) was a Roman family, of Italic or Etruscan origins, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same '' nomen'' and claimed descent from a common ancestor. It was an important social and legal structure in earl ...
* Curtia gens
The gens Curtia was an ancient but minor noble family at Rome, with both patrician and plebeian branches. The only member of the gens invested with the consulship under the Republic was Gaius Curtius Philo, in 445 BC. A few Curtii held lesser mag ...
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Roman gentes