Annius
Encyclopedia
Annius is the nomen
of the Roman gens
Annia
. It may refer to male members of that family.
Annius may also refer to Annio da Viterbo, a fifteenth century Dominican
friar, scholar, and historian, remembered chiefly for his fabrications.
Roman naming conventions
By the Republican era and throughout the Imperial era, a name in ancient Rome for a male citizen consisted of three parts : praenomen , nomen and cognomen...
of the Roman gens
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
Annia
Annia (gens)
The gens Annia was a plebeian family of considerable antiquity at Rome. The first person of this name whom Titus Livius mentions is the Latin praetor Lucius Annius of Setia, a Roman colony in 340 BC. By the time of the Second Punic War, the Annii were obtaining minor magistracies at Rome, and in...
. It may refer to male members of that family.
Annius may also refer to Annio da Viterbo, a fifteenth century Dominican
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
friar, scholar, and historian, remembered chiefly for his fabrications.