Hirtia (gens)

Aureus of Aulus Hirtius, depicting Caesar in his third consulship.

The gens Hirtia was a plebeian family at Rome. The most distinguished member of the gens under the Republic was Aulus Hirtius, consul in 43 BC.[1]

Origin

The Hirtii probably came from Ferentinum, a town of the Hernici.[2] The Hernici were an ancient Italic people, closely related to the Latins; they lived southeast of Latium. During the first two centuries of the Republic, they were frequently allied with, sometimes opposed to the Romans; in the course of the third century BC they seem to have been absorbed into the Roman state, and received Roman citizenship.[3]

Members

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

See also

List of Roman gentes

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 496 ("Aulus Hirtius").
  2. 1 2 Orelli, Select Latin Inscriptions, n. 589.
  3. Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2nd Ed., p. 505 ("Hernici").
  4. Jerome, Against Jovinianus, i. 38.
  5. Westphal, p. 84.

Bibliography

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