439:
His existence is poorly attested. Appian mentions "Gnaeus and
Quintus Granius" among the men whom Sulla outlawed in 88 BC, but elsewhere mentions only one (without specifying praenomen), and Plutarch is only aware of a single Granius. Münzer suggests that Appian mistook the former for
679:
370:. In fact, Silvanus was one of the conspirators, but acquitted, while Seneca was probably not involved, but the emperor ordered the philosopher to kill himself, and Silvanus chose to do the same.
339:
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Quintus
Granius, for many years a humble auction clerk at Rome, whose name became a by-word for wit and biting humour. His puns and verbal jabs at many of Rome's leading citizens, including
486:
645:
612:
964:
951:
210:
Gnaeus
Granius, a step-son of Marius. It is not certain whether it was he, or his brother, Quintus, who accompanied Marius on his flight from Rome in 88 BC.
385:, wrote to the emperor concerning the execution of Christians who had not been charged with or convicted of any crime. In response, the emperor ordered
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between Sulla and the supporters of Marius. News of Sulla's death was expected at any time, but instead, Sulla summoned
Granius to his house at
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441:
335:, he was accused of treason and extortion. He was acquitted of the former charge, but convicted of extortion and fined.
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when he occupied Rome in 88 BC. One of them accompanied Marius in his flight, and became separated from him near
165:
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46:, the family was of "senatorial rank", and was well known from the latter half of the second century BC. In
284:, although these may have been different names for the same work. He was a contemporary of Caesar, to whom
963:
August Pauly; Georg
Wissowa; Wilhelm Kroll; Kurt Witte; Karl Mittelhaus; Konrat Ziegler, eds. (1894–1980).
848:
62:, where a Roman colony was established in 194 BC, although it is not known whether the ancestors of the
444:, who, as a staunch enemy of Sulla later on, could be plausibly identified as one of the outlaws in 88.
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by Gaius
Sempronius Gracchus in AD 35; he took his own life rather than face execution.
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of various plots against
Tiberius in AD 24, and secured his conviction.
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were among the original colonists, or natives of the town who acquired
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Gaius
Granius, a dramatic poet of an uncertain age. According to
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at
Puteoli in 78 BC, who resisted imposing Sulla's levy on the
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Paulys
Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
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at Rome, which had been burnt five years earlier during the
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109:, all of which were common names throughout Roman history.
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121:, in the time of Caesar. In imperial times, the surnames
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Also called "senatorian", an unofficial elite within the
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became the subject of numerous anecdotes by the satirist
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Publius Granius, a merchant from Puteoli who traded at
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The only cognomen of the Granii under the Republic was
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191:. He and his brother, Gnaeus, were outlawed by
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358:tribune in AD 65, he was sent by the emperor
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306:, he described a sacrifice performed by the
143:. For an explanation of this practice, see
568:Plutarch, "The Life of Marius", 35, 37, 40.
42:. Although none of them ever obtained the
123:Licinianus, Marcellus, Marcianus, Serenus
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345:Granius Marcianus, a senator accused of
217:, he was the author of a tragedy called
320:, a sacred cloth worn by the Flaminica.
14:
977:
457:Silvanus" in some editions of Tacitus.
881:Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
595:, vol. XVIII (3), cols. 1024, 1025 (
514:Plutarch, "The Life of Marius", 35.
24:
657:Plutarch, "The Life of Sulla", 37.
316:cites for the meaning of the word
58:The Granii may have originated at
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860:Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium
203:, he later accompanied Marius to
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159:Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica
139:This list includes abbreviated
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862:(Memorable Facts and Sayings).
852:(Commentary on the Civil War).
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666:Valerius Maximus, ix. 3. § 8.
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258:Aulus Granius, an officer in
199:. Escaping to the island of
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928:Historiarum Adversum Paganos
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251:. He gave evidence against
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969:. Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler.
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547:, 14, p. 259 (ed. Orelli);
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266:in 48 BC. He was a man of
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943:Friedrich Heinrich Bothe,
908:(On the Meaning of Words).
270:, and hailed from Puteoli.
232:, intended to restore the
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866:Publius Cornelius Tacitus
338:Quintus Granius, accused
302:. In the second book of
298:, a Latin work quoted by
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945:Poetae Scenici Latinorum
920:(History of the Church).
626:Poetae Scenici Latinorum
170:Quintus Lutatius Catulus
905:De Verborum Significatu
887:Appianus Alexandrinus (
802:Epistulae ad Familiares
541:Epistulae ad Familiares
387:Gaius Minicius Fundanus
157:the orator, the consul
155:Lucius Licinius Crassus
917:Historia Ecclesiastica
899:Sextus Pompeius Festus
780:Historia Ecclesiastica
340:Lucius Calpurnius Piso
280:, and perhaps also in
113:Branches and cognomina
797:Marcus Tullius Cicero
442:Gnaeus Papirius Carbo
168:, poet and statesman
912:Eusebius of Caesarea
825:Epistulae ad Atticum
760:, xv. 50, 60–64, 71.
678:, vol. II, p. 155 ("
644:, vol. II, p. 300 ("
611:, vol. II, p. 299 ("
553:Epistulae ad Atticum
485:, vol. II, p. 299 ("
400:List of Roman gentes
354:Granius Silvanus, a
331:during the reign of
166:Marcus Livius Drusus
163:tribune of the plebs
27:Ancient Roman family
844:Gaius Julius Caesar
373:Granius Serenus, a
323:Granius Marcellus,
262:'s army, killed at
947:, Halberst (1822).
368:conspiracy of Piso
292:Granius Licinianus
78:The Granii of the
769:Orosius, vii. 13.
422:during the later
286:De Indigitamentis
282:De Indigitamentis
278:De Jure Papiriano
172:, and the orator
68:Roman citizenship
16:(Redirected from
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782:, iv. 8, 9.
706:s. v. Ricae
691:Macrobius,
628:, vol. v. (
597:Papirius 38
545:Pro Plancio
487:Grania Gens
224:Granius, a
129:are found.
32:gens Grania
979:Categories
938:Saturnalia
876:Plutarchus
831:De Oratore
778:Eusebius,
693:Saturnalia
648:", no. 4).
632:), p. 271.
557:De Oratore
543:, ix. 15;
530:, iii. 71.
465:References
428:patricians
356:praetorian
264:Dyrrachium
141:praenomina
84:praenomina
74:Praenomina
44:consulship
38:family at
837:In Verrem
756:Tacitus,
747:, vi. 38.
743:Tacitus,
734:, iv. 21.
730:Tacitus,
717:Tacitus,
630:Fragmenta
555:, vi. 3;
503:In Verrem
406:Footnotes
300:Macrobius
238:civil war
230:municipia
197:Minturnae
145:filiation
82:used the
721:, i. 74.
704:Festus,
695:, i. 16.
577:Appian,
539:Cicero,
526:Caesar,
505:, v. 59.
501:Cicero,
424:Republic
394:See also
348:majestas
333:Tiberius
329:Bithynia
226:decurion
219:Peliades
178:Lucilius
127:Silvanus
80:Republic
36:plebeian
870:Annales
758:Annales
745:Annales
732:Annales
719:Annales
646:Granius
624:Bothe,
613:Granius
379:Hadrian
325:praetor
234:Capitol
201:Aenaria
133:Members
119:Flaccus
100:Publius
88:Quintus
60:Puteoli
18:Granius
985:Granii
889:Appian
819:Brutus
814:Orelli
812:, ed.
551:, 43;
549:Brutus
455:Gavius
375:legate
364:Seneca
314:Festus
260:Caesar
253:Verres
249:Sicily
215:Nonius
205:Africa
182:Cicero
125:, and
103:, and
92:Gnaeus
54:Origin
34:was a
304:Fasti
296:Fasti
242:Cumae
193:Sulla
106:Aulus
96:Gaius
383:Asia
360:Nero
318:rica
64:gens
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