The gens Scantia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens occur in history, and none of them attained any of the higher offices of the Roman state, but a number are known from inscriptions.[1]

Origin

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All that can be said with certainty about the nomen Scantius is that it seems to share a common root with several other nomina, such as Scandilius, Scantilius, and Scantinius, which were either formed directly from it using the common gentile-forming suffixes -ilius and -inius, or from related cognomina, such as Scandillus, Scantillus, or Scantinus, of which only the feminine Scantilla is known from history or inscriptions; the wife of Didius Julianus was Manlia Scantilla.[2][3][4]

Members

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See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Cantius in some manuscripts.

References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 734 ("Scantia", "Scantius").
  2. ^ Chase, pp. 122–126.
  3. ^ Aelius Spartianus, "The Life of Didius Julianus", 3.
  4. ^ CIL VI, 22831 ("Naevia Scantilla"), CIL XIII, 5567 ("Scantilla, daughter of Senilis").
  5. ^ Livy, x. 46.
  6. ^ Broughton, vol. I, pp. 180, 181.
  7. ^ Varro, Saturarum Menippearum, fragment 142, p. 275 (ed. Bipontina).
  8. ^ Cicero, Pro Milone, 27.
  9. ^ Tacitus, Annales, iv. 16.

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