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444:), and friend of Apuleius at Athens. He encouraged Apuleius to marry his mother, Pudentilla, a wealthy widow. However, Pontianus' father-in-law, Herennius Rufinus, eager to ensure that Prudentilla's money should remain in his family, induced Pontianus, his younger brother, Sicinius Pudens, and his uncle, Sicinius Aemilianus, to charge Apuleius with gaining Prudentilla's affections through witchcraft. Apuleius' spirited and ultimately successful defense formed the basis of his
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belongs to a common class of surnames derived from the names of peoples or localities, and suggests that the
Sicinii may have been of Sabine origin. Although the earliest Sicinii occurring in history were plebeians, as were all of the later members of this gens, some scholars have concluded that
297:, tribune of the plebs in 454 BC, was a famous warrior, described by ancient historians as "the Roman Achilles", for his courage and martial prowess. Under the second decemvirate, he encouraged the people to secede again, and was assassinated by the decemvirs.
199:, presumably referring either to a tradition that the Sicinii were of Sabine extraction, or that the individual to whom the surname was first applied had the characteristic habits or appearance of a Sabine.
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in 367 BC, a hundred and twenty years after
Sabinus. But more recent scholarship suggests that the consulship was not originally restricted to the patricians, and only became so in the years following the
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in 449 BC. Together with his colleagues, he called for the election of new consuls to replace the decemvirs, to restore the right of appeal, and for there to be no retribution against the leaders of the
376:, which deprived the tribunes of much of their power. He harshly criticized the aristocracy, but Cicero relates that he was a poor orator, his chief virtue being the ability to make his audience laugh.
427:
Sicinius
Aemilianus, the brother of Sicinius Amicus and Sicinius Clarus, and uncle of Sicinius Pontianus and Sicinius Pudens, was persuaded by Herennius Rufus to join the accusation against Apuleius.
253:
Spurius
Sicinius Bellutus, tribune of the plebs in 492 BC, perhaps a brother of Lucius, although some scholars think him a mistake for Spurius Icilius, otherwise his colleague in the tribunate.
577:
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Sicinius Amicus, the first husband of
Aemilia Pudentilla, and father of Sicinius Pontianus and Sicinius Pudens. After his death, his elder son encouraged a friend, the writer
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Pontianus Pudens, the younger brother of
Sicinius Pontianus, was only a boy when Herennius Rufus persuaded him to join the accusation against Apuleius.
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70 BC, but died before his career could advance further. Cicero mentions him among those Romans who had developed a talent for oratory.
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Sicinius Clarus, the brother of
Sicinius Amicus and Sicinius Aemilianus, described by Apuleius as a feeble old country gentleman.
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The
Sicinii do not seem to have been divided into distinct branches, and most of those mentioned in history bore no
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373:
354:. Praetor for the second time in 172, he spent his year of office forming alliances and raising troops for the
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303:, son of Lucius Sicinius, one of the first tribunes of the plebs in 493 BC, was elected to that office during
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in 492. He was tribune a second time in 491, and opposed the harsh measures proposed by
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of this individual is uncertain, and he may not have been a member of the same family.
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in 49 BC, possibly the same as the man mentioned by Cicero in 51. A supporter of
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85:, the Sicinii were celebrated for their efforts on behalf of the plebeians.
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283:. Together with his colleague, Marcus Duilius, he attempted to prosecute
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The only hint as to the origin of the Sicinii comes from the surname
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Marcus Sicinius Philodamus, a boy buried at Rome, was the son of a
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41:. The reverse depicts a laurel wreath, a palm frond, and a
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of Quintus Sicinius, 49 BC. The obverse features a head of
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George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in
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in 494 BC. He was subsequently elected one of the first
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would have been applied to someone with prominent teeth.
841:
Broughton, vol. I, pp. 372, 379, 411, 414 (note 1), 417.
832:
Livy, xxxix. 39, 45, xli. 13, xlii. 9, 10, 27, xliii. 5.
372:, tribune of the plebs in 76 BC, led the assault on the
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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nobility of the late second or early third centuries.
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287:, the consul of the preceding year, for opposing an
49:, indicating Sicinius' hope for a Pompeian victory.
562:
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1283:, American Philological Association (1952–1986).
1223:, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
230:or Vellutus, one of the plebeian leaders during
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362:the following year, assigned the province of
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217:. For an explanation of this practice, see
693:Broughton, vol. I, pp. 19, 20 (note 1), 25.
326:rival of Rome, which had been conquered by
1293:, Cambridge University Press (1974, 2001).
615:New College Latin & English Dictionary
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924:Broughton, vol. II, pp. 93, 96 (note 2).
102:Titus Sicinius Sabinus must have been a
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648:Dionysius, vi. 45, 70, vii. 14, 33–39.
413:, with whom he departed Rome ahead of
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465:Quintus Sicinius Clarus, governor of
301:Gaius Sicinius L. f. L. n. (Bellutus)
1168:Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
73:, but only one of them obtained the
69:occur throughout the history of the
889:Plutarch, "The Life of Crassus", 7.
24:
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350:in 183, received the province of
259:, consul in 487 BC, defeated the
1249:, vol. VIII, pp. 103–184 (1897).
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880:Quintilian, xi. 3. § 129.
823:Broughton, vol. I, p. 99.
805:Broughton, vol. I, p. 89.
787:Broughton, vol. I, p. 48.
769:Broughton, vol. I, p. 43.
738:Pliny the Elder, vii. 27.
702:Broughton, vol. I, p. 31.
675:Broughton, vol. I, p. 17.
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1158:(Institutes of Oratory).
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1128:(Commentary on Cicero's
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492:in Livy and Festus, but
346:, aedile in 185 BC, and
295:Lucius Sicinius Dentatus
666:Dionysius, vii. 14, 17.
398:Titus Pomponius Atticus
285:Appius Claudius Sabinus
1277:T. Robert S. Broughton
1195:Barthold Georg Niebuhr
729:Aulus Gellius, ii. 11.
603:The Beginnings of Rome
257:Titus Sicinius Sabinus
171:Branches and cognomina
115:, from 451 to 449 BC.
83:Conflict of the Orders
79:Titus Sicinius Sabinus
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1098:(Roman Antiquities).
1096:Romaike Archaiologia
1074:Epistulae ad Atticum
957:Epistulae ad Atticum
592:Chase, pp. 113, 114.
550:List of Roman gentes
536:Sicinius in Sallust.
356:Third Macedonian War
305:the second secession
127:of the Sicinii were
27:Ancient Roman family
1199:The History of Rome
1155:Institutio Oratoria
65:. Members of this
1297:Timothy J. Cornell
1145:(Natural History).
1142:Historia Naturalis
915:, vol. iv, p. 385.
760:, vol. ii, p. 346.
684:Dionysius, ix. 12.
458:, a member of the
434:Sicinius Pontianus
406:triumvir monetalis
403:Quintus Sicinius,
400:, dating to 51 BC.
330:the previous year.
108:lex Licinia Sextia
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986:Apuleius,
968:Crawford,
556:References
460:equestrian
374:Sullan law
360:propraetor
358:, and was
308:secession.
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215:praenomina
163:, but the
125:praenomina
119:Praenomina
75:consulship
61:family at
1086:Historiae
911:Drumann,
902:, iii. 22
900:Historiae
898:Sallust,
756:Niebuhr,
601:Cornell,
477:Footnotes
364:Macedonia
219:filiation
123:The main
104:patrician
1259:, &
1179:Apologia
1175:Apuleius
1163:Plutarch
1035:VI, 1631
1014:Apologia
1001:Apologia
988:Apologia
955:Cicero,
933:Cicero,
850:Cicero,
544:See also
490:Sicinius
446:Apologia
422:Apuleius
411:Pompeius
394:Cicero's
384:quaestor
352:Sardinia
328:Camillus
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