Gens: APRONIUS  
Created: 17th October 2007
Update:  5th April 2020
Status Republic: Patrician:     Pleb. Nobilis:       Senatorial: X    Eques Romanus: X    Local magistrate:  
Republican Family / Cognomen
Patrician n/a
Pleb. Nobilis n/a
Senatorial no cognomen
Equestrian no cognomen
Local magistrat. n/a
Uncertain n/a
Imperial Family / Cognomen
Imperators n/a
Consular no cognomen, Caesianus, Pius Salamallianus
Senatorial Mamianus,
Equestrian Crispinus, Mamianus, Marcianus, 
Equestrian (mil) Maximus
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) 3 incl. Iulius Apronius but excl. (---nius…)
Notes: Patrician under Claudius.
There were also Apronii in Sparta.
Literature Baroni: Adlectiones ed Adlecti (2011) p.480-484 (§7 L. Iulius Apronius Maenius Pius Salamallianus, cos suff 226/227)
Birley, Eric: "The Governors of Numidia, A.D. 193-268", in JRS Vol. 40, 1950, pp. 63-64 (§11 L. Apronius Pius, governor c.227-227)
Crook: Consilium Principis (1955) p.151 (§28 L. Apronius cos 8 AD and §29 L. Apronius Caesianus cos 39, perhaps amici of iberius)
Eck: Statthalter der germanischen Provinzen (1985) p.112-113 (§3 L. Apronius, governor 28 AD, possibly until 34)
Fitz: Pannonien (1993-1995) p.83-84 (§20 L. Apronius cos 8 AD, in Bellum Delmaticum)
Gilliam: Syria Coele (1958) p.233 (§9 [----]nius attested 239)
Hillebrand: Vigintivirat (2006) p.142-143 (§39 L. Apronius, monetalis 5 BC)
Khanoussi, Mustapha, and Mastino, Attilio: "Nouvelles découvertes archéologiques et épigraphiques à Uchi Maius (Henchir ed-Douâmis, Tunisie)", in Comptes 
rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 144 année, N. 4, 2000. pp. 1279-1284 on the family from Uchi Maius.
Le Bohec: Troisième Légion Auguste (1989)  p.124 (L. Apronius procos Africa 18-21), p.126, 404 (L. Iulius Apronius Maenius Pius Salamallianus, Numidia 225-226), 
p.128 (L. Apronius Caesianus tr mil III Aug 20 AD), 
Leclerc, Hélène: "'Prosopography and Social History: The Augustan Moneyers, the Position and the Consulship, the Family Background", in Mark Joyal (edit): 
In Altum: Seventy-Five Years of Classical Studies in Newfoundland, St. Johns, Newfoundland, 2001, p.163, 173 (L. Apronius monet 5 BC)
Lewis: Priests (1955) p.36-37 (Pontifex §50 as flamen Quirinalis  [---] L.f. Cam , probably L. Apronius Caesianus, but doubt because he was already VII vir epulo), 
p.59 (Septemvir §19 L. Apronius Caesianus, VII vir 20/21)
Niccolini: Fasti dei Tribuni della Plebe (1934) p.28-29 (C. Apronius tr pl 449)
Raepsaet-Charlier: PFOS (1987) stemma VII (Apronii)
Remy: Carrieres Senatoriales Anatolie (1989) p.163-166 (§127 L. Iulius Apronius Maenius Pius Salamallianus, governor Galatia 221/2-223/4)
Ritterling: Fasti Deutschland (1932) p.46-47, 122 (§3 L. Apronius, governor Germ Inf 28, legatus in Germ 15 AD), 
p.97 (§15 L. Iulius Apronius Maenius Pius Salamallianus, vice legatus in Belgica)
Rufino, Antonio Caballos: "Los Caballeros Romanos Originarios de Hispania. Un Avance", in Demougin, Devijver and Raepsaet-Charlier: L'Ordre Equestre (1999) 
p-496 (§B0 […] Rusticus Apronius Procul[us…]
Settipani: Continuite (2000) p.220 (an Apronia, supposed daughter of L. Apronius cos 8 AD, married to L. Vipstanus cos 48, p.246 (stemma of L. Apronius cos 8)
Sherk: Legates of Galatia (1952) p.82-83 (L. Iulius Apronius Maenius Pius Salamallianus, governor 222/226)
Sherk: Galatia, governors AD 112-285 (1979) p.172 (§23 L. Iulius Apronius Maenius Pius Salamallianus, governor c.222-224)
Szramkiewicz: Gouverneurs Vol.2  (1972) p.377 (L. Apronius cos suff 8 AD)
Thomasson: Fasti Africani (1996) p.29 (§21 L. Apronius, procos 18/21 AD), p.36-37 (§34 [---] L.f. Cam. [---]anus procos between 47 and 53, 
probably = L. Apronius L. f. Caesianus, cos 39)
Vogel-Weidemann: Statthalter (1982) p.73-79 (§5 L. Apronius, procos Africa 18-21), p.174-179 (§21 "-anus", procos Africa 47/54, she is skeptical that the procos is 
the cos of 39, since the inscription (probably) mentuions him being flamen quirinalis)
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RE2
C. Apronius
tr pl 449
tr pl cand for 448 but denied
RE3
Cn. Apronius
ex-aedil in 266
RE5
Q. Apronius
chief taxcollector (decumanus) and 
partner of Verres in Sicilia 73-71
eques Romanus
REPUBLIC
IMPERIAL                                                      
C.Apronius  C.f.
LP10-58 39-20
A970 A971 RE4
L. Apronius C.f.C.n.
III vir mon 9BC or 5 BC (A970)
cos suff 8 AD leg Dalmatian war 9 AD 
leg of Germanicus in Germ 15(-17/8)
ornamenta triumphalia 15
procos Africa 18-21 (3 years) ornamenta triumphalia,
leg Aug pro pr Germ Inf 28-(34?)
† p 34
~ Caesia
 
A975 RE10 FOS86 A972 RE6 Rüpke690 LP39-33 A976 RE11 FOS87
Apronia       L. Apronius L.f.C.n. Caesianus   (Apronia) Caesia (or Caesiana)       (Apronia)
† 24 by husband tribus Camilia in Tibur,
tr mil III Aug, fought in Africa 20  ~ Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus ? ~ L. Vipstanus Poplicola Messala
~ 2 M. Plautius Silvanus q, pr 32 cos ord 39 cos 26 † 39 cos 48
pr 24 † suicide 24 procos Africa 47/53 ↓
adlectus inter patricios 47/48
VII vir Epulo 20/21
   
cf RE6 A972 Rüpke691 V465 RE Vipstanus 1
L. Apronius L.f.L.n.Caesianus L. Vipstanus Apronianus
flam Qui 48 cos 59 procos Africa 68/69 †86
obese son ment by Pliny HN.11.213 frater Arvalis by 57
adlectus inter patricios 47/48 a. An Apronius adopted by a L.Vipstanus or
leg of procos Africa b. a Vipstanus whose father had married an Apronia
 
RE12 FOS88 PIR adden
Apronia L.f. Iusta
accompanied husband to Spain
~ Q. Gargilius Macer Aufidianus (G81) or Acidinus
procos Creta+Cyrene c 80
leg iuridicus in Hisp Cit,
↓
A974 RE9 FOS429
[Q. Apronius Montanus] Apronius Saturninus [?Iu]lia [Ap]ronia Saephare
really Q. Claudius Q.f. Ferox Aeronius Montanus or perhaps more likely Aponius inscription at Lambaesis in Numidia
procur Maur Ting 158 162 (157-162) received rescript 161/169 or Aelia
AE1984-529 ~ L. Novius Crispinus Martialis Saturninus
cos desig 149
↓
RE1
Apronius
received rescript 212
LP9-16 28-38 40-66
J161 RE8 RE Iulius77 Okon557 Bar1065 Okon1064 Bar p.795
L. Iulius Apronius Maenius Pius Salamallianus [---]nius
from Arabia or Syria, clar vir, vir clar consularis,
tr mil laticlav X Gem in Pann Sup c.210/215 legatus Syriae Coele ante 239
adlectus inter quaestorius, praepositos actus senatus, ?= J161 or Caes[ennius] Vinius
aed cur, pr, leg Aug vice quinque fascium Belgica,
leg leg I Adi in Pann Sup, leg Aug pro pr Galatia c.222-224
leg Aug pro pr Numidia c.224-227 patron Cirta,
cos desig when in Numidia, cos suff 226 or 227
his unique cognomen means "peace of Allah"
~ Alfena Agrippina Avitiana
dt of L. Alfenus  Avitianus leg of Arabia 210/220
 
J159 RE77-1 Okon558 Bar1864 J160 RE77-2 Okon559 Bar1865 J646 RE77-3 J647 RE77-4
L. Iulius Apronius Maenius Avitianus L. Iulius Apronius Maenius Pius   L?. Iulia Apronia Alfena Agrippina   L.? Iulia Apronia Maenia Salamallias
clar puer clar puer clar puella clar puella
UNCERTAIN DATE                                                    
AE2000-1729
A973 RE7 PME-A157 CIL-II / 7-133 C. Apronius Fortunatus Mamianus
C. Apronius Crispinus Apronius Maximus [---] Rusticus Apronius Proculus [---] egreg vir from Uchi Maius in Africa,
egreg vir tr coh in Moesia Inf, inscription at Obulco in Baetica,
2nd or 3rd century office in Baetica, sub Domitian / Trajan,
related to (ancestor ? grandfather ?)  
 L. Stertinius Quintilianus Acilius Strabo AE2000-1729
 Q. Cornelius Rusticus Apronius Senecio Proculus  Q. Apronius Mamianus Marcianus
cos suff 146 (C1423) egreg vir from Uchi Maius in Africa,
 
AE2000-1729
Q. Apronius Longinus Mamianus signo Aretius
clar puer
later senator
patronus et alumnus of Uchi Maius in Africa