Gens:

ATEIUS

Created:

20th December 2007

Update:

10th June 2020

Status Republic:

Patrician:

Pleb. Nobilis:

Senatorial:

Eques Romanus:

Local magistrate:

Republican Family / Cognomen

Patrician

n/a

Pleb. Nobilis

n/a

Senatorial

no cognomen, Capito

Equestrian

no cognomen, Capito

Local magistrat.

n/a

Uncertain

n/a

Imperial Family / Cognomen

Imperators

n/a

Consular

Capito

Senatorial

no cognomen

Equestrian

n/a

Equestrian (mil)

Peculiaris

Local magistrat.

Capito

Uncertain

n/a

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

Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars)

incl. 0 emperors

Notes:

Literature

Buongiorno, Pierangelo: "Ateii Capitones", in IVRA (Rivista Internazionale di Diritto Romano e Antico), vol.59, 2011, p.195-216 with stemma p.215

detailed discussion of evidence. Proposes RE10 to be dated earlier and a cousin of C. and L. Ateius Capito.

Burnand: Primores Galliarum (2010) p.355-356 (§147 E118 C. Ateius Peculiaris, PP = primus pilus)

Cristofori, Alessandro: "Note prosopografiche su personaggi di età tardorepubblicana", in ZPE Bd. 90 (1992), p.142-144 (the Manuscript give the name of the man pardoned

by Caesar in Africa in 46 as Caeteius, generally amended to C. Ateius.. He discusses which C. Ateius he could be, hardly RE7, but could be RE2 or RE3, but

name could be C. Aeteius.)

Deniaux: Clientèles et pouvoir (1993) p.393 (§6 C. Ateius Capito, friend of Cicero), p.455-457 (§14 ditto, Deniaux identifies him with RE2 the jurist)

Dobson: Primipilares (1978) p.341 (§63 C. Ateius Peculiaris)

Hinard: Proscriptions (1985) p.446-447 (§34 Capito, proscribed and executed; could be an Ateius, but also a Fonteius, Gabinius, Oppius etc)

Kunkel: Herkunft der Juristen (1952/2001) p.31-32 (§52 C. Ateius, RE3, pupil of Servius Sulpicius Rufus, probably not the tr pl 55 C. Ateius Capito),

p.114-115 (§2 C. Ateius Capito, cos suff 5 AD)

Moore: Expulsion from the Senate (2013) p.303-306 with stemma (§22 C. Ateius (L.f. Ani.) Capito, tr pl 55, expelled in 50; he suggests that Capito Aelianus (C412),

son of L. Aelius Seianus,was adopted by the consul of 5 AD, and his full namr was C. Ateius Capito Aelianus, but there are other explanations)

Mouritsen: Pompeian Epigraphy (1988) p.127 (C. Ateius Capito, aedil cand at Pompeii 50/79)

Oliver, J.H.: "Gerusiae and Augustales", in Historia Bd. 7, 1958, p.486-487 refutes Taylor and believes an Albius Capito is more likely as II vir at Trebula Suffenas.

Sangriso, Paolo: "Terra Sigillata e Politica Augustea: Alcune note su Cn. Ateius", in Studi Classici e Orientali, Vol. 46, 1998, p. 919-932. In connection with a potter

Cn. Ateius, he discusses the Ateius family (stemma p.932) and suggests that RE7 and RE9 were cousins not brothers.

Syme, Ronald: "Personal Names in Annals I-VI", in JRS Vol. 39, 1949, p.8 discusses whether M. Aletus pr 17 AD should be read as M. Ateius. He is skeptical.

Syme: Augustan Aristocracy (1986) p.307-308 (suggests Capito Aelianus, son of Sejanus, was adopted by C. Ateius Capito cos suff 5 AD)

Taylor, Lily Ross: "Trebula Suffenas and the Plautii Silvani", in Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 24 (1956), p.21 argues

that the II vir Capito at Trebula Suffenas is the cos suff of 5 AD, who actually died in 22 AD. Trebula Suffenas is in tribus Aniensis.

Taylor: Voting Districts (1960/2013) p.194 (L. Ateius L.f. Capito mentioned on Senatus Consultum of 51 BC in tribus Aniensis)

Wiseman: New Men (1971) p.215-216 (§51 Ateius leg 41-40 §52 C. Ateius Capito, tr pl 55; §53 L. Ateius Capito, pr)

Changes

2013.12.31 Header restructured plus updates.

2020.06.10 New header, reference list plus many updates

RE4 cf RE5

RE5 cf RE4

L. Ateius Capito

M. Ateius

ab Castrum Novum in Etruria

Sullan centurino in siege of Athens 86

Sullan centurion

? = RE4, but then praenomen is wrong

RE7 cf RE1

RE9 cf RE1 Nic35

RE2

[not in RE]

RE3

not in RE

RE1

Hinard34

C. Ateius (L.f.) Capito

L. Ateius L.f. Capito

Ateius

[M. Ateius Balbus]

C. Ateius

Ateius

Capito

tr pl 55

trib Ani.

leg Gallia Cisalpina 41-40

[promag Sardinia 38]

iurist pupil of Ser. Sulpicius Rufus

pompeian

ment by

senator ?

prosecutor 54

of M.Antonius

[ERROR for Atius]

maybe praenomen is wrong

pardoned by

Cic. ad Q.fr II.8

proscribed

expelled from senate 50

senator 51 pr an. inc.

since C. Capito was not (?) a iurist.

Caesar 46

cf RE7 or RE9

and killed 43

praef agr dand assig 44

issued coins 37-36

(Caesar Bell.

cf Hinard

Afr. 89.5)

REPUBLIC

IMPERIAL

A1278 RE6

RE8

A1279

RE10 cf A1279

M. Aletus

C. Ateius L.f.L.n. Capito

L. Ateius M.f. Capito

? error for M. Ateius

jurist, mention 17 BC

from Castrum Novum in Etruria,

praetorius sent as leg

cos suff 5 AD † 22

II vir quinquennalis,

to Asia in 17 AD

curator aquarum 13-22

note tribus of town is Voltinia, not Aniensis,

? = Capito II vir at Trebula Suffenas † 22

late republican/early imperial

ILS-5515

CIL-IV-9918

A1281 RE12

======

A1281 RE Aius 2 PIR addendum

C. Ateius Capito

[

T. Ateius Sanctus ]

[

T. A(te)ius Sanctus is a misreading for T. Aius Sanctus

]

aedil cand at Pompeii 50/79

[

teacher of

]

[

ab epistulis Graecis 171/172

]

probably a local taking the cognomen

[

rhetoric for

]

[

praef Aegyp 179/180

]

of the famous Ateius Capito.

[

COMMODUS

]

[

adlectus inter praetorius by COMMODUS

]

[

= RE Aius 2

]

[

cos suff ca 185

]

[

† by 189

A1280 cf RE6

Ateius M[--]

mention in Testamentum Dasumii

of 108

UNCERTAIN DATE

Dobson63

C. Ateius Peculiaris,

inscription in Vienna, Narbonensis,

primus pilus 1st or 2nd century