Gens:

ABURIUS

Created:

4th October 2010

Update:

28th September 2020

Status Republic:

Patrician:

Pleb. Nobilis:

Senatorial:

X

Eques Romanus:

Local magistrate:

X

Republican Family / Cognomen

Patrician

n/a

Pleb. Nobilis

n/a

Senatorial

no cognomen, Geminus

Equestrian

n/a

Local magistrat.

no cognomen,

Uncertain

n/a

Imperial Family / Cognomen

Imperators

n/a

Consular

Bassus

Senatorial

n/a

Equestrian

Lucullus

Equestrian (mil)

n/a

Local magistrat.

n/a

Uncertain

n/a

Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors

0

Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars)

1

incl. 0 emperors

Notes:

Literature

Houston: Roman Imperial Administrative Personnel (1971) p.327 (§209 D. Aburius Bassus), p.615 (P. Aburius Lucullus proc Belgica ca.70/120)

Mouritsen: Pompeian Epigraphy (1988) p.83 (C. Aburius)

Niccolini: Fasti dei Tribuni della Plebe (1934) p.111 (C. Aburius tr pl 187 BC)

Stech: Senatores Romani (1912/1963) §152 etc (D. Aburius Bassus)

Syme: Arval Brethren (1980) p.45-46 (Syme conjectures that P. Sallustius Lucullus governor of Britannia c.89 was an Aburius by birth

or adoption or by maternal descent)

Changes

2014.01.08 Header restructured plus updates.

2020.09.28 New header, reference list plus minor updates incl adding D. Aburius Proculus and C. Aburius of Pompeii.

RE2

RE1

M. Aburius

C. Aburius

tr pl 187 pr pereg 176

leg amb 171

cf RE2

not in RE

M. Aburius M.f. Geminus

C. Aburius Geminus

mon 132

mon 134

CIL-IV-7118,7121

C. Aburius

II vir cand at Pompeii

80/30 BC

REPUBLIC

IMPERIAL

A18a AE1932-41 LP9-4

P. Aburius Lucullus

procur Belgica 70/89

(earlier reading was Abullius)

?

A19

RE3

D. Aburius Bassus

cos suff 85

UNCERTAIN DATE

AE1978-119

D. Aburius D.f. Proculus

trib Menenia, from Herculaneum