Cocceia gens

Roman family

The gens Cocceia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The gens is first mentioned towards the latter end of the Republic, and is best known as the family to which the emperor Nerva belonged.[1]

Origin of the gens

According to Syme, the Cocceii came from Umbria.[2]

Praenomina used by the gens

The Cocceii used the praenomina Marcus, Lucius, Sextus, and Gaius, of which Marcus was favored by the Cocceii Nervae.[1][3]

Branches and cognomina of the gens

The only family of the Cocceii known under the late Republic bore the cognomen Nerva. A number of personal cognomina were borne by other members of the gens, including Auctus, Balbus, Genialis, Justus, Nepos, Nigrinus, Proculus, Rufinus, and Verus.[3]

Members of the gens

Cocceii Nervae

  • Lucius Cocceius Nerva, brought about the reconciliation of Marcus Antonius and Octavianus in 40 B.C.; possibly the same person as Marcus Cocceius Nerva, consul in 36 B.C.[4]
  • Marcus Cocceius Nerva, consul in 36 B.C.
  • Marcus Cocceius (M. f.) Nerva, a friend of Tiberius, learned in the law, on which he wrote several books, now lost. He was the grandfather of the emperor Nerva.
  • Marcus Cocceius M. f. (M. n.) Nerva, otherwise known as Nerva filius, son of the jurist, in whose footsteps he followed, and father of the emperor.
  • Marcus Cocceius M. f. M. n. Nerva, emperor from A.D. 96 to 98.
  • Cocceia, the emperor's sister, married Lucius Salvius Otho Titianus.

Others

  • Lucius Cocceius Auctus, a prominent architect in the time of Augustus.
  • Gaius Cocceius Balbus, consul suffectus in 39 BC.[3]
  • Cocceius Caesianus.[3]
  • Marcus Cocceius Genialis.[3]
  • Cocceius Julianus Synesius.[3]
  • Cocceius Justus.[3]
  • Cocceius Minicianus.[3]
  • Marcus Cocceius M. f. Nepos.[3]
  • Marcus Cocceius Nigrinus.[3]
  • Cocceius Proculus.[3]
  • Cocceius Rufinus.[3]
  • Cocceius Vennianus.[3]
  • Cocceius Verus.[3]
  • Sextus Cocceius Severianus Honorinus, consul suffectus in AD 147.
  • Sextus Cocceius Vibianus.
  • Marcus Cocceius Anicius Faustus Flavianus, consul suffectus around AD 250.
  • Sextus Cocceius Anicius Faustus Paulinus, consul suffectus around AD 260.
  • Marcus Cocceius Sex. f. Anicius Faustus Flavianus.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
  2. ^ Syme, Ronald, The Roman Revolution (1939), pg. 200
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft.
  4. ^ Appianus, Bellum Civile, v. 60, ff.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)