428:
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
668:
359:. 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.
328:
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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
475:
634:
601:
953:
940:
199:
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.
374:, 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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229:
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
147:
158:
430:
324:, 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
154:
945:
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133:
35:, the family was of "senatorial rank", and was well known from the latter half of the second century BC. In
273:, although these may have been different names for the same work. He was a contemporary of Caesar, to whom
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August Pauly; Georg
Wissowa; Wilhelm Kroll; Kurt Witte; Karl Mittelhaus; Konrat Ziegler, eds. (1894–1980).
837:
51:, where a Roman colony was established in 194 BC, although it is not known whether the ancestors of the
433:, 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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98:, all of which were common names throughout Roman history.
52:
110:, 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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948:, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
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301:, and thus he is probably the same Granius whom
180:. He and his brother, Gnaeus, were outlawed by
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347:tribune in AD 65, he was sent by the emperor
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295:, he described a sacrifice performed by the
132:. For an explanation of this practice, see
557:Plutarch, "The Life of Marius", 35, 37, 40.
31:. Although none of them ever obtained the
112:Licinianus, Marcellus, Marcianus, Serenus
101:
334:Granius Marcianus, a senator accused of
206:, he was the author of a tragedy called
309:, a sacred cloth worn by the Flaminica.
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446:Silvanus" in some editions of Tacitus.
870:Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
584:, vol. XVIII (3), cols. 1024, 1025 (
503:Plutarch, "The Life of Marius", 35.
13:
646:Plutarch, "The Life of Sulla", 37.
305:cites for the meaning of the word
47:The Granii may have originated at
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849:Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium
192:, he later accompanied Marius to
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148:Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica
128:This list includes abbreviated
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851:(Memorable Facts and Sayings).
841:(Commentary on the Civil War).
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919:(History against the Pagans).
655:Valerius Maximus, ix. 3. § 8.
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247:Aulus Granius, an officer in
188:. Escaping to the island of
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917:Historiarum Adversum Paganos
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240:. He gave evidence against
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838:Commentarii de Bello Civili
536:, 14, p. 259 (ed. Orelli);
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255:in 48 BC. He was a man of
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932:Friedrich Heinrich Bothe,
897:(On the Meaning of Words).
259:, and hailed from Puteoli.
221:, intended to restore the
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855:Publius Cornelius Tacitus
327:Quintus Granius, accused
291:. In the second book of
287:, a Latin work quoted by
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934:Poetae Scenici Latinorum
909:(History of the Church).
615:Poetae Scenici Latinorum
159:Quintus Lutatius Catulus
894:De Verborum Significatu
876:Appianus Alexandrinus (
791:Epistulae ad Familiares
530:Epistulae ad Familiares
376:Gaius Minicius Fundanus
146:the orator, the consul
144:Lucius Licinius Crassus
906:Historia Ecclesiastica
888:Sextus Pompeius Festus
769:Historia Ecclesiastica
329:Lucius Calpurnius Piso
269:, and perhaps also in
102:Branches and cognomina
786:Marcus Tullius Cicero
431:Gnaeus Papirius Carbo
157:, poet and statesman
901:Eusebius of Caesarea
814:Epistulae ad Atticum
749:, xv. 50, 60–64, 71.
667:, vol. II, p. 155 ("
633:, vol. II, p. 300 ("
600:, vol. II, p. 299 ("
542:Epistulae ad Atticum
474:, vol. II, p. 299 ("
389:List of Roman gentes
343:Granius Silvanus, a
320:during the reign of
155:Marcus Livius Drusus
152:tribune of the plebs
16:Ancient Roman family
833:Gaius Julius Caesar
362:Granius Serenus, a
312:Granius Marcellus,
251:'s army, killed at
936:, Halberst (1822).
357:conspiracy of Piso
281:Granius Licinianus
67:The Granii of the
758:Orosius, vii. 13.
411:during the later
275:De Indigitamentis
271:De Indigitamentis
267:De Jure Papiriano
161:, and the orator
57:Roman citizenship
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892:Epitome of
771:, iv. 8, 9.
695:s. v. Ricae
680:Macrobius,
617:, vol. v. (
586:Papirius 38
534:Pro Plancio
476:Grania Gens
213:Granius, a
118:are found.
21:gens Grania
968:Categories
927:Saturnalia
865:Plutarchus
820:De Oratore
767:Eusebius,
682:Saturnalia
637:", no. 4).
621:), p. 271.
546:De Oratore
532:, ix. 15;
519:, iii. 71.
454:References
417:patricians
345:praetorian
253:Dyrrachium
130:praenomina
73:praenomina
63:Praenomina
33:consulship
27:family at
826:In Verrem
745:Tacitus,
736:, vi. 38.
732:Tacitus,
723:, iv. 21.
719:Tacitus,
706:Tacitus,
619:Fragmenta
544:, vi. 3;
492:In Verrem
395:Footnotes
289:Macrobius
227:civil war
219:municipia
186:Minturnae
134:filiation
71:used the
710:, i. 74.
693:Festus,
684:, i. 16.
566:Appian,
528:Cicero,
515:Caesar,
494:, v. 59.
490:Cicero,
413:Republic
383:See also
337:majestas
322:Tiberius
318:Bithynia
215:decurion
208:Peliades
167:Lucilius
116:Silvanus
69:Republic
25:plebeian
859:Annales
747:Annales
734:Annales
721:Annales
708:Annales
635:Granius
613:Bothe,
602:Granius
368:Hadrian
314:praetor
223:Capitol
190:Aenaria
122:Members
108:Flaccus
89:Publius
77:Quintus
49:Puteoli
974:Granii
878:Appian
808:Brutus
803:Orelli
801:, ed.
540:, 43;
538:Brutus
444:Gavius
364:legate
353:Seneca
303:Festus
249:Caesar
242:Verres
238:Sicily
204:Nonius
194:Africa
171:Cicero
114:, and
92:, and
81:Gnaeus
43:Origin
23:was a
293:Fasti
285:Fasti
231:Cumae
182:Sulla
95:Aulus
85:Gaius
372:Asia
349:Nero
307:rica
53:gens
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