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Tuticana gens

The gens Tuticana, sometimes written Tuticania, was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Only a few members of this gens are mentioned in history, but a number are known from inscriptions.

Origin
The nomen Tuticanus belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from cognomina ending in ', ', or '', all typically derived from the names of towns. Tuticanus'' refers to a native of Tuticum, a town of the Hirpini, a Samnite people. ==Praenomina==
Praenomina
Most of the Tuticani known from epigraphy bore the praenomen Gaius, one of the most abundant names at all periods of Roman history. Other members of this gens also bore common praenomina, including Publius, Quintus, and Titus. ==Members==
Members
• Flavius Tuticanus Gallus, an eques in Caesar's army, who was slain at Dyrrhachium in 48 BC. His father was a senator. • Tuticanus (Gallus), a senator, and the father of Flavius Tuticanus Gallus, an eques in Caesar's army who was slain at Dyrrhachium in 48 BC. • Tuticanus, a friend of Ovid, who translated some or all of the Odyssey into Latin verse. • Quintus Tuticanus Q. f. Eros, a Latin grammarian honored with a tomb built by the decurions of Verona in Venetia and Histria, dating between the reigns of Claudius and Vespasian. Quintus Tuticanus Felicianus is named in the same inscription. • Quintus Tuticanus Felicianus, named in the middle first-century sepulchral inscription of the grammarian Quintus Tuticanus Eros at Verona. • Gaius Tuticanus Helius, named in a military diploma from Brigetio in Pannonia Superior and several others, dating between AD 99 and 110. • Gaius Tuticanus Sophronius, dedicated a tomb at Rome, dating between the middle of the first century and the end of the second, for his young son, also named Gaius Tuticanus Sophronius. • Gaius Tuticanus C. f. Sophronius, a little boy buried at Rome, aged three years, nine months, and fifteen days, in a tomb dedicated by his father, also named Gaius Tuticanus Sophronius, dating between the middle of the first century and the end of the second. • Tuticania Antiochis, dedicated a second- or third-century tomb at Rome for her husband, Hyginus. • Publius Tuticanus Hermes, a beneficarius, a type of soldier assigned special duties, serving in the praetorian guard at Rome in AD 203. • Titus Tuticanius Incitatus, along with his son, Tuticanius Valerius, dedicated a tomb at Rome, dating from the first half of the third century, for his wife, Aristobula, aged twenty-seven. • (Titus) Tuticanius T. f. Valerius, along with his father, Titus Tuticanus Incitatus, dedicated a tomb at Rome, dating from the first half of the third century, for his mother, Aristobula. Undated Tuticani • Gaius Tuticanus Callistus, along with his son, Gaius Tuticanus Maximus, built a tomb at Rome for his wife, Valeria Saturnina. • Gaius Tuticanus C. f. Maximus, along with his father, Gaius Tuticanus Callistus, built a tomb at Rome for his mother, Valeria Saturnina. ==Notes==
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