Gens:

DECIUS

Created:

24th April 2017

Update:

24th April 2017

Status Republic:

Patrician:

Pleb. Nobilis:

Senatorial:

Eques Romanus:

Local magistrates

Republican Family / Cognomen

Patrician

n/a

Pleb. Nobilis

Mus

Senatorial

no cognomen, Subulo

Equestrian

n/a

Local magistrat.

n/a

Imperial Family / Cognomen

Imperators

n/a

Consular

Valerinus

Senatorial

Triccianus

Equestrian

no cognomen, Mundus, Sabinianus, Saturninus, Vindex

Local magistrat.

n/a

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

Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars)

(probably a Mettius = Imperator Decius)

Notes:

Literature

Alföldy: Gallia Cisalpina (1999) p.111-114 (Q. Decius Mettius Sabinianus)

Badian, Ernest: "P. Decius P. f. Subulo: An Orator of the Time of the Gracchi", in JRS vol.46, 1956, p.91-96

argues that RE9 is the son of RE20 and the natural father of C. Appuleius Decianus.

Dietz: Senatus (1980) p.190 (§§59 C. Messius Quintus Decius Valerianus , later imperator)

Fitz: Pannonien (1995) p.1030-1034 (§673 Aelius Triccianus)

Hinard: Proscriptions (1985) p.463 ([P.?] Decius RE1, he considers it likely that RE1 = RE10)

Jacques: Curateurs (1983) p.309-310 (§XXVII Q. Decius Mettius Sabinianus)

Pflaum: Province de Narbonnaise (1978) p.199 (§7 Sex. Decius PME-D3)

Shackleton Bailey: "Two Studies (1976), p.104 (C. Appuleius Decianus)

Sumner: Orators (1973) p.63-64 (§70 P. Decius (Subulo ?) pr 115)

Suolahti, Jaakko: Roman Censors (1963) p.232-235 (P. Decius Mus cens 304 BC)

Changes

RE7

M. Decius

envoy from plebs 493

tr pl 491

not in RE

L. Decius

tr pl 415

RE15

P. Decius Q.f. Mus

V vir mensarius 352 tr mil 343

cos 340 † devoted himself to battle success

RE16

Rüpke 1439

RE8

RE Plaut 18

P. Decius P.f.Q.n. Mus

M. Decius

C.Plautius P.f.P.n. Decianus

cos 312 leg 310 cos II 308 mag eq 306

tr pl 311

cos 329

cens 304 cos III 297 procos 296

cos 328? (Chr. as cos II)

cos IV 340 † devoted himself to battle success

? a Decius adopted by a Plautius

pont 300-295

RE17

P. Decius P.f.P.n. Mus

cos 279 † killed in battle

?? cos suff 265

RE20

P. Decius Subulo

III vir colon deduc 169

envoy 168

RE9

P. Decius (Subulo)

C. Appuleius

tr pl 120 pr 115

adopt

RE21

C. Appuleius Decianus

tr pl 98

↓

RE1

?=?

RE10

Decius

P. Decius

senator

tr pl 52/44

† 43 proscribed and killed

leg (?) of M. Antonius 43

REPUBLIC

IMPERIAL

CIL.X-5412

Q. Decius M.f. C.n. Helu[…]

at Aquinum in Latium

D26 RE14 Dem228

cf RE10 Dem295 PME-D3

D27

RE19 PME-D4 Rüpke 1440 Dem269

Decius Mundus

Sex. Decius P.f.

Q. Decius Q.f.M.n. Saturninus

eques Romanus

tr mil in legio,

from Aquinum in Latium,

exiled for adultery with Paulina

decorated by Tiberius,

tubicen sacrorum publicorum in Roma,

wife of (Sentius) Saturninus 19 AD

IIII vir at Viennensis, Narbonensis,

praef fabr III, curator via Labicana et Latina,

flamen Martialis at Viennensis

tr mil, praef fabr iure dicundi in Asia,

q bis at Aquinum, II vir iure dicundo at Aquinum,

II vir iterum quinq at Aquinum,

praef quinq Aquinum of Tiberius

praef quinq Aquinum of Drusus Caesar Ti. f. ante 23

praef quinq Aquinum of Nero Caesar ante 30

IIII vir iure dicundi quinq at Verona,

patron of Aquinum,

pont minor at Roma, flamen perpetuel Romae et divi Augusti

A271 RE21

Aelius Decius (?) Triccianus

nomen Decius is uncertain

primus pilus, tr coh urb, primus pilus,

praef leg II Par 217

adlectus praetor or consul by Macrinus 217

leg Aug pro pr Pann Inf 21-218

† 219 exc by Elagabal

D28 RE22

==>

M520 RE2 RE Messius 9

Q. Decius Valeri(a?)nus

IMP CAESAR C. MESSIUS QUINTUS TRAIANUS DECIUS AUGUSTUS

clar vir

C. Messius Q. Decius Valerianus

leg Aug pro pr Moesia Inf 234

cos suff bef 234 praef urb ante 249 IMP 249 cos 250 251 † battle

leg Aug pro pr Hisp Cit 238

Moesia Inf 232/3-235 Hisp Cit 235-38 Moesia + Pann 249

from Pannonia, new man

~ Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla AUGUSTA

↓

see Messius

UNCERTAIN DATE

D29 RE23

D30 RE24 FOS309

Rüpke 1438

Q. Decius Vindex

Decia (or Daecia) Tertulla

Q. Dec[ius] Q.f. Mettius Sabinianus

proc Dacia Apulensis

clar fem

or Decimius

trib. Claudia, from Concordia in Venetia

priest of laurens lavinas, eques,

local q, local aedil, II vir iterum,

praef fabr, curator rei publicae of Pola in Istria,

2nd half 2nd century