The gens Pomponia was a

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family at

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. Its members appear throughout the history of the

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, and into imperial times. The first of the

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 ...

to achieve prominence was Marcus Pomponius,

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in 449 BC; the first who obtained the

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was

Manius Pomponius Matho Manius Pomponius Matho ( 236 – 211 BC) was a Roman general who was elected consul for the year 233 BC with Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. He was also the maternal grandfather of the general and statesman Scipio Africanus. Career During his c ...

in 233 BC.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. III, p. 493 ("

Pomponia Gens The gens Pomponia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Its members appear throughout the history of the Roman Republic, and into imperial times. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Marcus Pomponius, tribune of the plebs in 449 BC ...

").

Origin

In the latter part of the Republic, it was common for various gentes to claim descent from the founding figures of Rome; the companions of

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Romulus Romulus (, ) was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus and his contemporaries. Although many of th ...

, or those who came to Rome in the time of the

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. The Pomponii claimed to be descended from Pompo, one of the sons of

Numa Pompilius Numa Pompilius (; 753–672 BC; reigned 715–672 BC) was the Roman mythology, legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus after a one-year interregnum. He was of Sabine origin, and many of Rome's most important religious and political ins ...

, the second

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, whose image appears on some of their coins. Several other gentes also claimed Numa as their ancestor. ''Pompo'', asserted as the name of the ancestor of the Pompilii, does indeed appear to have been an ancient praenomen of Sabine origin. It was the

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equivalent of ''

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'', a very common name. Numa's father is said to have been named ''Pompo Pompilius'', and it is evident that the nomen ''Pompilius'' was itself a patronymic surname derived from ''Pompo''. ''Pomponius'' appears to be derived from an adjectival form of that name, and the equivalent of the

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nomen '' Quinctilius''. Thus, it is reasonably certain that some ancestor of the Pomponii was indeed named ''Pompo'', although the claim that he was the son of Numa may well be a later addition. An alternative explanation suggested during the early nineteenth century, was that the name might be derived from an Etruscan root, ''

Pumpu The gens Pomponia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Its members appear throughout the history of the Roman Republic, and into imperial times. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Marcus Pomponius, tribune of the plebs in 449 BC ...

'' or ''Pumpili''. In her ''History of Etruria'', Mrs. Hamilton Gray supposed ''Pumpu'' to have been the name of Numa's mother, adopted as a surname according to a tradition common to the Etruscan and Sabine cultures.

Praenomina

The Pomponii used a wide variety of

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. The principal names were ''

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'', and ''

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''. A few of the Pomponii bore the praenomina ''

, Publius'', and '' Sextus''. The illustrious family of the Pomponii Mathones favored '' Manius'', and there are individual instances of ''

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'' and '' Gnaeus''.

Branches and cognomina

In the earliest times, the Pomponii were not distinguished by any surname, and the only family that rose to importance in the time of the Republic bore the surname ''Matho''. On coins we also find the ''

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Molo, Musa'', and ''Rufus'', but none of these occur in ancient writers. The other surnames found during the Republic, such as ''Atticus'', were personal cognomina. Numerous surnames appear in imperial times.

Members

Early Pomponii

* Marcus Pomponius,

in 449 BC. * Marcus Pomponius, ''tribunus plebis'' in 362 BC, brought an accusation against

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, the dictator of the preceding year, but withdrew it after being threatened by the dictator's son, Titus Manlius Torquatus.

Pomponii Rufi

* Lucius Pomponius Rufus, grandfather of the consular tribune of 399 BC. * Lucius Pomponius L. f. Rufus, father of the consular tribune. * Marcus Pomponius L. f. L. n. Rufus,

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in 399 BC.Broughton, vol. I, p. 85. * Quintus Pomponius (L. f. L. n. Rufus), tribune of the plebs in 395 BC, opposed a measure to establish a colony at

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, for which reason he was accused and fined two years later.

Pomponii Mathones

* Manius Pomponius Matho, grandfather of the consul of 233 BC. * Manius Pomponius M'. n. Matho, father of the consul of 233 BC. * Manius Pomponius M'. f. M'. n. Matho, consul in 233 BC.Broughton, vol. I, p. 224. * Marcus Pomponius M'. f. M'. n. Matho, consul in 231 BC. * Marcus Pomponius (M. f. M'. n.) Matho,

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in 204 BC. * Pomponia M'. f. M'. n., the daughter of Manius Pomponius Matho, consul in 233 BC, was the wife of Publius Cornelius Scipio, and mother of

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Pomponii Bassi

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, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 94. * Lucius Pomponius Bassus, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 118. * Lucius Pomponius L. f. Bassus Cascus Scribonianus, consul ''suffectus'' between AD 128 and 143. * Gaius Pomponius C. f. Bassus Terentianus, consul ''suffectus'' around AD 193. * Pomponius Bassus, consul in AD 211, put to death by

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, so that the emperor could marry his widow,

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. * Pomponius Bassus, consul in AD 259 and 271; in the latter year, his colleague was the emperor

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Others

Republican Pomponii

* Sextus Pomponius,

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. *

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, a ''

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general

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; he was defeated and taken prisoner. * Marcus Pomponius, praetor ''urbanus'' in 161 BC, obtained a decree of the

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, forbidding philosophers and rhetoricians from living at Rome. * Marcus Pomponius, an intimate friend of

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, who sacrificed himself to afford Gracchus to escape his pursuers on the day of his death, in 121 BC. * Lucius Pomponius Bononiensis, a playwright of the early first century BC. * Marcus Pomponius,

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in 82 BC, exhibited scenic games, in which the dancer

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appeared, at the age of 13 or 14. * Gnaeus Pomponius, an orator of some repute, and

in 90 BC, was put to death by

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. * Marcus Pomponius, the name erroneously assigned by

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to Marcus Pompeius, commander of the cavalry under

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during the

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. * Marcus Pomponius, legate of Gnaeus Pompeius during the war against the pirates in 67 BC; he was assigned to keep watch over the

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and the sinus Gallicus. * Titus Pomponius, father of Atticus, a man of learning, who, being possessed of considerable property, gave his son a liberal education. * Titus Pomponius T. f. Atticus, an

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, moneylender, and friend of

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. * Pomponia T. f., married

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. * Pomponia T. f. T. n., married

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, and became the mother of

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, the first wife of

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. * Marcus Pomponius Dionysius, a freedman of Titus Pomponius Atticus. *

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, ''

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circa'' 66 BC. * Publius Pomponius, a companion of

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at the time of his death, in 52 BC. * Marcus Pomponius, commanded

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's fleet at

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; the greater part of the fleet was burnt by

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during the

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, in 48 BC. * Pomponius, proscribed by the triumvirs in 43 BC, he escaped Rome disguised as a Praetor, accompanied by slaves playing the part of

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Pomponii of imperial times

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, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 16, was a friend of

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, and the brother of Lucius Pomponius Flaccus, who was consul the following year. *

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, married

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. *

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, consul in AD 17, was a friend of

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during the reign of Tiberius, he was denounced by the emperor for maladministration, and put an end to his life in AD 34. *

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. *

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, brother of the playwright, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 41, joined the revolt of Camillus Scribonianus the following year. *

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. * Pomponia Decharis, possibly a

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who was buried in the tomb of

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. She was the adoptive mother of Alleius Nigidius Maius, who became one of the towns most admired patrons. * Gaius Pomponius Pius, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 65. * Gaius Pomponius, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 74. * Quintus Pomponius Rufus, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 95. * Lucius Pomponius Maternus, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 97. * Gaius Pomponius Pius, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 98. * Gaius Pomponius Rufus Acilius Priscus Coelius Sparsus, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 98 and proconsul of

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in 112/113. *

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. * Pomponius Faustinianus, governor of

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from AD 185 to 187. * Lucius Pomponius Liberalis, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 204. * Pomponia Rufina, a

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put to death by Caracalla.Cassius Dio, lxxvii, 16. *

Marcus Pomponius Maecius Probus Marcus Pomponius Maecius Probus (c. 195 – after 228) was a Consul in 228 AD. He was the son of Marcus Maecius Probus and his wife Pomponia Arria. In the genealogical reconstruction by C. Settipani, he married and had: * Marcus Maecius Probus ( ...

, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 228. * Pomponius Januarianus, consul in AD 288.

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Early Pomponii

Pomponii Rufi

Pomponii Mathones

Pomponii Bassi

Others

Republican Pomponii

Pomponii of imperial times

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