The gens Triaria was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Only a few members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers,[1] but two of them attained the consulship in imperial times. Other Triarii are known from inscriptions.

Triaria, the sister-in-law of Vitellius, armed with a bident, in an illustration from Boccaccio's On Famous Women.

Origin

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The nomen Triarius is based on the Latin number tres, three. A triarius was a veteran soldier who stood in the third rank of an infantry formation.[2]

Members

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This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

Undated Triarii

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  • Quintus Triarius Q. f. Dexter, buried at Rome, aged forty, in a tomb dedicated by his friend, Sergia Thais.[18]

Notes

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  1. ^ His name has not been preserved in the inscription, but his praenomen and nomen were probably the same as his son's.
  2. ^ The only source for this surname is the Historia Augusta, which may have assigned it derisively; but it was the surname of other Romans, and could have belonged to Maternus.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 1172 ("Triaria", "Triarius").
  2. ^ Cassell's Latin and English Dictionary, s.v. triarius.
  3. ^ Seneca, Controversiae, ii. 3, 19; Suasoriae, 2, 5, 6.
  4. ^ PIR, vol. III, p. 336 (T, No. 249).
  5. ^ CIL X, 3021.
  6. ^ Tacitus, Historiae, ii. 63, 64.
  7. ^ Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, vi. 23.
  8. ^ PIR, vol. III, p. 336 (T, No. 250).
  9. ^ AE 1938, 177.
  10. ^ CIL II, 2415.
  11. ^ Capitolinus, "The Life of Pertinax", 6.
  12. ^ Champlin, "Heirs of Commodus", pp. 289, 297, 298.
  13. ^ PIR, vol. III, p. 336 (T, Nos. 251, 252).
  14. ^ CIL VI, 864, CIL VI, 1984, CIL VI, 31128, CIL XIV, 4562.
  15. ^ Roxan, Roman Military Diplomas, iii. 191.
  16. ^ Champlin, "Heirs of Commodus", pp. 298, 299.
  17. ^ PIR, vol. III, p. 337 (T, No. 253).
  18. ^ CIL VI, 36649.

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