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Calvisia gens

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The gens Calvisia was a Roman family, which first rose to prominence during the final century of the Republic, and remained influential well into imperial times. The first of the gens to obtain the consulship was Gaius Calvisius Sabinus in 39 BC. During the later empire, the name Calvisius is sometimes found as a cognomen.

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Origin of the gens

The nomen Calvisius is probably based on the Latin adjective calvus, meaning "bald". Both Calvus and Calvinus were common Roman surnames.

Branches and cognomina of the gens

The only family of the Calvisii during the Republic and early imperial times bore the surname Sabinus, referring to a Sabine, or the Sabine culture.

Members of the gens

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

Calvisii Sabini

  • Gaius Calvisius Sabinus, legate of Caesar during the Civil War, and consul in 39 BC.
  • Gaius Calvisius (C. f.) Sabinus, consul in 4 BC.
  • Gaius Calvisius (C. f. C. n.) Sabinus, consul in AD 26, later accused of plotting against the emperor Caligula.
  • Calvisius Sabinus, the son of a freedman, whose wealth and pretension earned him the scorn of the younger Seneca.
  • Publius (Calvisius Sabinus) Pomponius Secundus, consul suffectus in AD 41, and later triumphed over the Chatti; a notable poet and tragedian; his identification with this gens is uncertain.

    • Calvisii Rusones

  • Publius Calvisius Ruso, consul suffectus in AD 53.
  • Publius Calvisius P. f. Ruso, consul suffectus in AD 79.
  • Publius Calvisius P. f. Ruso Julius Frontinus, consul suffectus, perhaps in AD 84.
  • Gaius Calvisius Tullus Ruso, consul in AD 109.
  • Publius Calvisius Tullus Ruso, consul suffectus in AD 110.

    • Others

  • Calvisius Rufus, governor of Britannia Inferior at some point between AD 222 and 235.

    • References

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