Curvia gens

The gens Curvia was a minor Roman gens, best known for being among the ancestors of Marcus Aurelius.

Members[edit]

Curvia, a woman described on an epitaph from the site of modern Morte-Merie, Uzer, Ardèche, France.^[1]
Curvia Fabia (or Fabia Curvia), a woman mentioned in an inscription from an insula at Pompeii.^[2]^[3]
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.^[4]
Curvius Marcellus, owned a domus in Pompeii with his wife Fabia.^[5]
Sextus Curvius Silvinus, quaestor during the reigns of Augustus or Tiberius.^[6]
Gnaeus Domitius Tullus,^[a] son of Curvius Tullus, along with his brother was adopted by their father's friend, Domitius Afer, before the two men became hostile.^[6]
Gnaeus Domitius Lucanus,^[a] the son of Curvius Tullus, he and his brother were adopted by their father's friend, Domitius Afer, before the two men fell out.^[6]
Sextus Curvius Tullus, the son of Silvinus, was a close friend of the lawyer Gnaeus Domitius Afer, but they had a falling out^[6]
Curvia Urbana, a woman named in an inscription from Gallia Narbonensis.^[7]^[8]

^ ^a ^b After their adoption, the brothers' full names were Gnaeus Domitius Afer Titius Marcellus Curvius Tullus and Gnaeus Domitius Afer Titius Marcellus Curvius Lucanus.

^ L'Ardèche. p. 414, 492.
^ D'Avino, 1967. p. 32
^ D'Avino, 1964. p. 121.
^ Adriano. p. 39.
^ Della Corte, p. 176.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lindsay, p. 158.
^ CIL XII, 4756.
^ Syme, Ronald (1986). "More Narbonensian Senators" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (65). Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH: 13 – via JSTOR.

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