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
nomenTuticanus belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from
cognomina ending in -as, -atis, or -anus, all typically derived from the names of towns.[1]Tuticanus refers to a native of
Tuticum, a town of the
Hirpini, a
Samnite people.[2]
Praenomina
Most of the Tuticani known from epigraphy bore the
praenomenGaius, 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
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Gaius Tuticanus Helius, named in a military diploma from
Brigetio in
Pannonia Superior and several others, dating between AD 99 and 110.[13][12]
Gaius Tuticanus Crescens, named in a dedicatory inscription from an unknown province, dating from AD 115.[14]
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.[15]
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.[15]
Tuticania Antiochis, dedicated a second- or third-century tomb at Rome for her husband, Hyginus.[20]
Publius Tuticanus Hermes, a beneficarius, a type of soldier assigned special duties, serving in the
praetorian guard at Rome in AD 203.[21]
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.[22]
(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.[22]
Tuticania Veneria,[ii] buried at Rome on the fourth day before the Ides of September[iii] in an uncertain year during the middle portion of the fourth century, aged forty-four years, one day, in a tomb dedicated by Primus, perhaps her husband.[23]
Undated Tuticani
Gaius Tuticanus Callistus, along with his son, Gaius Tuticanus Maximus, built a tomb at Rome for his wife, Valeria Saturnina.[24]
Gaius Tuticanus C. f. Maximus, along with his father, Gaius Tuticanus Callistus, built a tomb at Rome for his mother, Valeria Saturnina.[24]
Tuticana Sophe, buried at Rome in a tomb dedicated by her father-in-law, Valerius Marinus.[25]
Notes
^So named in De Bello Civili, although Flavius was not a praenomen, and does not seem to have been his nomen gentilicium; this use of Flavius resembles a custom of the fourth or fifth century.