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several times beginning in the late second century; it is not clear how or whether they were related to the earlier
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Marcus Junius
Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Faustus Paulinus, praetor urbanus in AD 321.
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Lucius
Caesonius L. f. C. n. Ovinius Manlius Rufinianus Bassus
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was presumably descended from the
Caesonii, as she bore their
170:. Some historians have speculated that she might have been
579:
George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman
Praenomina", in
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Lucius
Caesonius C. f. C. n. Lucillus Macer Rufinianus
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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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Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Biography and Mythology
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Biography and Mythology
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in a poem describing her having the same birthday as
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Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus
126:, probably in 66 BC, was a friend and colleague of
248:Suetonius, "The Life of Caligula", 25, 33, 38, 59.
79:, which must have belonged to the ancestor of the
622:Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193–284
576:, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
99:or the surrounding region, perhaps the town of
31:. They first appear in history during the late
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91:rank, which eventually was elevated to the
137:, held an official post under the emperor
51:. Another family of Caesonii attained the
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204:around AD 260, and a second time in 284.
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178:Gaius Caesonius C. f. Macer Rufinianus
70:is a patronymic surname, based on the
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106:The name may derive from the root
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426:, vol. I, p. 270 ('C', No. 166).
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43:, the last wife of the emperor
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257:Cassius Dio, lix. 23, 28, 29.
159:, but the year is uncertain.
133:Titus Caesonius Priscus, an
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346:Broughton, vol. II, p. 152.
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515:(Antiquities of the Jews).
533:Publius Cornelius Tacitus
519:Marcus Valerius Martialis
304:Mennen, pp. 55, 56, 63.
611:T. Robert S. Broughton
376:, vol. I, pp. 270–271.
155:in AD 66. He had been
512:Antiquitates Judaïcae
489:Marcus Tullius Cicero
268:Antiquitates Judaïcae
494:Epistulae ad Atticum
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230:List of Roman gentes
16:Ancient Roman family
583:, vol. VIII (1897).
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219:, consul in AD 334.
210:, consul in AD 317.
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444:Mennen, pp. 58–60.
435:Mennen, pp. 55–58.
149:Seneca the Younger
607:), Berlin (1898).
412:Caesonius Maximus
398:Martial, vii. 44.
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236:References
93:patriciate
89:equestrian
85:senatorial
53:consulship
27:family of
500:In Verrem
389:, xv. 72.
385:Tacitus,
317:, i. 10,
315:In Verrem
202:suffectus
200:, consul
192:suffectus
190:, consul
182:suffectus
180:, consul
72:praenomen
68:Caesonius
639:Caesonii
593:, &
313:Cicero,
284:Caesonia
224:See also
168:Domitian
139:Tiberius
45:Caligula
33:Republic
25:plebeian
624:(2011).
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523:Martial
387:Annales
164:Martial
124:praetor
114:Members
108:caesius
157:consul
128:Cicero
101:Antium
97:Latium
59:Origin
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