Viria gens
The gens Viria was a Roman family of the second and third centuries, possibly of northern Italian origin. The first member to ascend the cursus honorum was Virius Lupus, who attained the consulship in the late second century. It is possible that the family was elevated to patrician status around that time. The family's influence reached its apex during the third century.[1][2]
Members
- (Lucius) Virius Lupus, consul suffectus some time before AD 196, was legatus Augusti pro praetore of Germania Inferior circa 196, and Governor of Britannia in 197.[1][3]
- Lucius Virius Agricola, consul ordinarius in AD 230.[1]
- Lucius Virius Lupus Julianus, consul ordinarius in AD 232, and subsequently governor of Coele Syria, had risen from the posts of cavalry commander and triumvir of prisons, and served as governor of Lycia et Pamphylia prior to his consulship.[1]
- Virius Lupus, consul suffectus sometime before AD 275, and consul ordinarius in 278, had been governor of Caelimontium, curator of Laurentum, and praeses of Coele Syria, subsequently becoming governor of that province in the 260s. He also served as governor of Asia, iudici sacrarum cognition of Egypt, and a priest of dei solis.
- (Lucius) Virius Orfitus, consul in AD 270, and praefectus urbi in 273 or 274.[1][4]
- Virius Nepotianus, consul in AD 301.
- Virius Nepotianus, consul in AD 336.
See also
References
- Mennen, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, pp. 130–134.
- Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, p. 522.
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 841 ("Virius Lupus").
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 44 ("Orfitus", No. 11).
Bibliography
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
- A. H. M. Jones & J. R. Martindale, eds., The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (abbreviated PLRE), Cambridge University Press (1971–1992).
- Inge Mennen, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193–284, Brill (2011).
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