Gens: AMPIUS
Created: 12th November 2007
Update:  18th May 2018
Status Republic: Patrician:     Pleb. Nobilis:       Senatorial: X    Eques Romanus:      Local magistrates  
Republican Family / Cognomen
Patrician n/a
Pleb. Nobilis n/a
Senatorial Balbus
Equestrian n/a
Local magistrat. n/a
Uncertain Menander
Imperial Family / Cognomen
Imperators n/a
Consular n/a
Senatorial n/a
Equestrian n/a
Equestrian (mil) Rufinus
Local magistrat. n/a
Uncertain Stephanus
Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors 0
Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars) 0 incl. 0 emperors
Notes: The T. Ampius Flavianus, governor of Pannonia in 69 AD, mentioned in Wikipedia is an error for L. Tampius Flavianus, see below.
Literature Alexander: Trials (1990) p.137 (§281 T. Ampius Balbus, perhaps in 55 for ambitus, defended by Cicero)
Brennan: Praetorship (2000) p.568 (T. Ampius Balbus governor of Asia, then transferred to Cilicia)
Deniaux: Clientèles et pouvoir (1993) p.443-445 (§4 T. Ampius Menander)
Suolahti, Jaakko: Junior Officers (1955) p.322 (§praef 33 C. Ampius), p.325 (§111a T. Ampius Menander) p.340 (the consilium of 49 BC with T. Ampius Menander
 as §10 out of 14 and based on position a possible praefectus fabrum),  p.343 (§9 C. Ampius, praef soc, and T. Ampius Menander, praef fabrum ?)
Syme, Ronald: "Review of: The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol. I: 509 B.C.-100 B.C.; Vol. II: 99 B.C.-31 B.C. by T. Robert S. Broughton", 
in Classical Philology ,Vvol.50, (1955) p.130 discussing the idea that T. Ampius Balbus went on to govern Cilicia.
Taylor: Voting Districts (1960/2013) p.189 gens Ampia in tribus Horatia, which is connected to town Aricia in Latium.
Wiseman: New Men (1971) p.212 (§23 T. Ampius Balbus)
Zmeskal: adfinitas (2009) p.28 (T. Ampius Balbus and daughter (or sister) Ampia)
Changes 28.11.2013 restructured
18.05.2018 New header, reference list plus many updates
not in RE
C. Ampius
praef socium 201 † killed
RE1 RE2
T. Ampius T.f. Balbus T. Ampius T.f. Menander
trib Horatia, possibly from Aricia, Latium freedman of T. Ampius Balbus
homo novus, on military consilium of L. Cornelius Lentulus Crus
tr pl 63, pr 59 procos Asia 58-57 as possible praefectus fabrum 49
procos Cilicia 57 ? recommended to governor of Asia by Cicero 46/44
cos cand 55 for 54 
leg pro pr in Asia for Pompius 49-48
returned to Rome 46
anti-Caesar historian
~ Eppuleia
 
RE3  
Ampia
or sister to RE1
REPUBLIC
IMPERIAL                                                      
AE1969 / 1970-95
L. Ampius Florus
inscription Pompeii 43/47
AE1971-91 corrects reading to L. Marius Florus
T9
T. Ampius Flavianus
error by Tacitus for L. Tampius Flavianus
cos suff 43/45
leg Aug pro pr Pannonia 69
cos suff II 74/76
PME-A113
P. Ampius Rufinus
praef coh in Dacia
mid 2nd century
ILS4174
L. Ampius Stephanus
at Cumae
5-year patron of collegia of dendrophori
priest of Magna Mater 251
UNCERTAIN DATE