Gens:

VISELLIUS

Created:

3rd February 2016

Update:

3rd February 2016

Status Republic:

Patrician:

Pleb. Nobilis:

Senatorial:

X

Eques Romanus:

X

Local magistrates

X

Republican Family / Cognomen

Patrician

n/a

Pleb. Nobilis

n/a

Senatorial

Ruga, Varro

Equestrian

Aculeo

Local magistrat.

Flaccus

Imperial Family / Cognomen

Imperators

n/a

Consular

Varro

Senatorial

n/a

Equestrian

Karus ?, Septimus

Local magistrat.

Gallus

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

0

Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars)

2

incl. 0 emperors

Notes:

RE3s new cognomen Varro is still unexplained. Adoption from the Terentii Varrones is possible, but no evidence.

Literature

Eck: Statthalter der Germanischen Provinzen p.110-111 (C.Visellius Varro cos 12 AD)

Sumner: Orators p.138-139 (C.Visellius Varro RE3) prefers to date his aedilship to 67 or 66.

Wiseman: New Men p.275 (§501 C.Visellius Varro RE3)

Changes

RE2

C.Visellius ? Ruga

tr pl 492

or Viscellius

RE1 Nic 395

C.Visellius Aculeo

eques Romanus ab Arpinum ?

in legal process ante 92

~ Helvia, sister of Cicero's mother

RE3

Nic 396

RE4

C.Visellius C.f. Varro

filius

Visellia

* c.104 trib.Quir.

ment Cic.Att.XV-13 in 44

tr mil 80-79 q ante 73 when senator

~Annianus (ignotus)

tr pl 69 ? aed cur 59 ?

iudex quaest 58

† 58

ILLRP 676

(C.Visellius C.f.Varro)

Visellius L.f. Flaccus

trib.Fal. ab Beneventum

II vir at Telesia,

pr at Beneventum

REPUBLIC

IMPERIAL

V725

RE6

V22 RE5

CIL-X-4585-4586

C.Visellius C.f.C.n. Varro

Visellius

Q.Visellis Q.f. Gallus

cos suff 12 AD

ment by Horace

II vir quinq at Caiatia

leg Aug pro pr Germ Inf (16?)-21

c.20 BC / 20 AD

old (i.e.60) by 21 † shortly after

V726

RE7

V724

L.Visellius C.f. Varro

Visellius Karus

pr ante 19

on Cn.Calpurnius Piso's staff in Syria 17-19

curator riparum et alvei Tiberis c.18/19

exiled for complicity 20

cos ord 24

senator or more likely an eques

since not mentioned by Tacitus

ME-V119

M.Visellius M.f. Septimus

trib.Fal.

tr mil, praef alae

c.50/100

UNKNOWN DATE