Sosia (gens)
The gens Sosia, or Sossia, was a Roman family active from the 1st-century BC to the 3rd-century AD. The first of the Sosii to attain the consulship was Gaius Sosius, and the family would continue holding various positions in the Roman government until it's decline in the 3rd-century.
Members
- Gaius Sosius, consul in 32 BC.[1]
- Sosia Galla, wife of Gaius Sosius.[2]
- Sossia Polla, daughter of Gaius Sosius, mother of Quintus Pompeius Senecio Sosius Priscus (consul 169 AD).[2]
- Sossia Frontina, daughter of Gaius Sosius.[2]
- Quintus Sosius Senecio, consul in 99 and 107 AD.[3]
- Sosius Pappus, honoured with a statue by Trajan, and is mentioned among the friends of Hadrian[4]
- Quintus Pompeius Senecio Sosius Priscus, consul in 169 AD and son of Quintus Pompeius Falco (consul 109 AD).[5]
- Marcus Sosius Laelianus Pontius Falco, Salian priest 170-189 AD.[6]
- Quintus Pompeius Sosius Falco, consul in 193 AD.[6]
- Sosia Falconilla, wife of Quintus Pompeius Sosius Falco.[7]
- Quintus Pompeius Falco Sosius Priscus, praetor circa 220 to 225 AD.[8]
- Sossia Polla, daughter of Quintus Sossius Seneca (consul 99 and 107 AD), granddaughter of Sextus Julius Frontinius, and wife of Quintus Roscius Pompeius Falco (possibly the praetor above).[2]
References
- ↑ William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. Extracted 5 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Rohden 1898, p. 256.
- ↑ PIR S² 777
- ↑ William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. Extracted 5 January 2016.
- ↑ Rohden 1898, p. 70-71.
- 1 2 Rohden 1898, p. 254.
- ↑ Rohden 1898, p. 255.
- ↑ Rohden 1898, p. 66.
Sources
Rohden, Paul; Dessau, Hermann (1898). PIR Saec. I.II.III (in Latin).
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