The Roman gens Tineia, consisting of men named Tineius and women named Tineia, attained high office during the second and third centuries AD. The family lived in Side in Pamphylia; their ethnic origin is uncertain. On the one hand, Italians had been living in Asia Minor since the first century BC; on the other, it was not uncommon for men from the Eastern Mediterranean, without any connection with Italy, to reach the Roman nobility in this period; for example, Arrian was consul, and Philip the Arab, emperor.
The following Tineii are attested:
Quintus Tineius Rufus, Governor of Thrace 124 AD, consul suffectus during 127, Governor of Judea from at least 130 to 132, at the beginning of the Bar Kochba rebellion.
Quintus Tineius Sacerdos Clemens, ordinary consul for 158 AD. Son of the consul and provincial governor, above; three of his sons were also consuls. He was created a patrician, and made a member of the College of Pontifices (who were required to be patricians) by the Emperor Antoninus Pius.
Quintus Tineius Rufus, son of the pontifex, and pontifex himself. Ordinary consul 182 AD.
Quintus Tineius Demetrius, prefect of Egypt 189/190 AD; his relation to the rest of the family is unknown.
Quintus Tineius Sacerdos, son of the pontifex. Consul suffectus during 192 AD; consular legate in Bithynia 189/190; proconsul of Asia around 210 - his precise term of office is uncertain. He was consul for the second time in 219, this time ordinary consul with the Emperor Elagabalus.
Quintus Tineius Clemens, son of the pontifex, ordinary consul for 195 AD.
Quintus Tineius Severus Petronianus, Curator rei publicae, probably in Nicaea, 244 AD. His relationship with the rest of the family is unknown.
In addition, there is an inscription showing a Quintus Tineius, who may have been one of the men above, as governor of Achaea, and there is a gravestone from Bithynia for "Q. Tin. Sab. Her.," which has been reconstructed (on the assumption that the Tineii are Italian) as Q[uintus] Tin[eius] Sab[atinus] Her[mes]. The Sabatine tribe was one of the Roman election districts; membership in it would imply that the Tineii were a Sabine family.
