The gens Ancharia, occasionally written Ancaria, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Quintus Ancharius, a senator early in the first century BC.[1]

Origin

edit

The origin of the Ancharii is uncertain, but the nomen Ancharius may be derived from Ancharia, a name of the goddess Angerona, by which she was known at Faesulae. The ancestor of the Ancharii may have been particularly devoted to the worship of Angerona. As Faesulae was an Etruscan city, the family may have been of Etruscan origin.[2]

Praenomina

edit

The praenomina associated with the Ancharii include Quintus, Publius, and Marcus.

Branches and cognomina

edit

The cognomina used by the Ancharii included Priscus, a common surname meaning "elder" or "old-fashioned", and Soter, a savior or protector. The latter surname was borne by a freedwoman, and was probably not used by other members of the gens.

Members

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 167 ("Q. Ancharius", No. 1).
  2. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica.
  3. ^ Appian, Bellum Civile, i. 73.
  4. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Augustus", 4.
  5. ^ Cicero, Pro Sestio, 53, Ad Familiares, xiii. 40.
  6. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 167 ("Q. Ancharius", No. 2).
  7. ^ CIL IX, 5449.
  8. ^ Tacitus, Annales, ii. 38, 70.
  9. ^ Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 10, 11, 2.
  10. ^ Kajava, Roman Female Praenomina.

Bibliography

edit

Further reading

edit