The gens Vetilia, also written Vecilia, was a minor plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens never attained much importance in the Roman state. [1]
Origin
The Vetilii were probably of Etruscan origin, their nomen being Latinised from the Etruscan Vetlnei. [2]
Members
- Gaius Vetilius, praetor in 147 BC, was sent to Spain, where after initial successes against the Lusitanians, he was defeated by Viriathus near Tribola, and slain. [3] [4] [5]
- Vetilius, a leno, or pandar, to whom a certain Juventius left a legacy. The praetor Quintus Metellus refused Vetilius' claim for the property on account of his unsavoury occupation. [6]
- Publius Vetilius, described by Cicero as a relative of Sextus Aebutius, was one of the witnesses in the trial of Aulus Caecina Severus. [7] [8]
See also
References
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 1249 ("Vetilius").
- ^ PW, Vetilius.
- ^ Appian, Hispanica, 61–63.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 1269 ("Viriathus").
- ^ PW, Vetilius 1.
- ^ Valerius Maximus, vii. 7. § 7.
- ^ Cicero, Pro Caecina, 9
- ^ PW, Vetilius 2.
Bibliography
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pro Caecina.
- Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium (Memorable Facts and Sayings).
- Appianus Alexandrinus ( Appian), Hispanica (The Spanish Wars).
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
- August Pauly, Georg Wissowa, et alii, Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft (Scientific Encyclopedia of the Knowledge of Classical Antiquities, abbreviated RE or PW), J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart (1894–1980).