Gens:

NORBANUS

Created:

13th October 2013

Update:

11th February 2017

Status Republic:

Patrician:

Pleb. Nobilis:

Senatorial:

Eques Romanus:

Local magistrates

Republican Family / Cognomen

Patrician

n/a

Pleb. Nobilis

n/a

Senatorial

Flaccus

Equestrian

n/a

Local magistrat.

n/a

Imperial Family / Cognomen

Imperators

n/a

Consular

Balbus, Flaccus

Senatorial

n/a

Equestrian

no cognomen, Ptolemaeus, Quadratus

Local magistrat.

n/a

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

Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars)

incl. 0 emperors

Notes:

Possibly the Norbani came from Norba in Volscan territory, but the name could be Etruscan. Tribus of Norba is unknown.

Local Norbani are found at Norba Colonia Caesarina founded by the cos 38 BC when governor of Spain.

C. Norbanus cos 83 is called "Pulbus" by one chronographer, possibly a corruption of Balbus.

Literature

Badian, E. "Caepio and Norbanus: Notes on the Decade 100-90 B.C.", in Studies in Greek and Roman History, 1964, p.34-70 (also Historia 1957 pp. 318-346)

Badian, E.; "The Silence of Norbanus", in AJP, Vol. 104, 1983, pp. 156-171 argues against Gruen and prefers 101 as year of quaestorship.

Dobson: Primipilares (1978) p.178 (§23 C. Norbanus Quadratus)

Eck, Werner and Pangerl, Andreas: "Titus Flavius Norbanus, praefectus praetorio Domitians, als Statthalter Rätiens in einemneuen Militärdiplom", in

ZPE, Bd. 163 (2007), pp. 239-251 shows that the procurator-governor of Raetia was named T.Flavius Norbanus. He might be a relative of the emperors.

Evans, Richard J.: "Norbani Flacci: The Consuls of 38 and 24 B.C.", in Historia, Bd. 36, 1987, pp. 121-128 with stemma p.128

Gruen, Erich S.: "The Quaestorship of Norbanus", in Classical Philology Vol.61 (1966) pp.105-7 argues for 99 BC for Norbanus' quaestorship.

Hinard: Proscriptions (1985) p.385-386 (§51 + §52 C.Norbanus father and son proscribed 82)

Wiseman: New Men (1971) p.245 (C. Norbanus cos 83 BC and C. Norbanus Flaccus cos 38 BC) believes that cos 38 is the same man as monetalis of 83 with a

delayed career because of his father's proscription until Caesar liftet the ban in 49 for the descendents of the proscribed.

Changes

11.02.2017 New header plus many updates. Norbanus N162 (praef praet 95-96) is now known to be T.Flavius Norbanus.

RE5

C. Norbanus (Balbus??)

tr pl 103 q Cilicia 101 proq 100-99? (or q 99?)

acquitted for maiestas c.95

pr c.89 propr Sicilia 88-87 (88-84?)

cos 83 procos Cisalpina 82 † 82 proscribed, suicide

RE6

RE12

C. Norbanus

C. Norbanus Sorix

leg Sicilia 90/87 ?

actor, friend of SULLA 79

monet 83

magister in veteran colony of Pompeii

probably proscribed 82

RE9a

N166

C. Norbanus C.f. Flaccus

pr 43 leg 42 cos ord 38

procos Hispania 36-34 triumph 34

procos Asia c.30/25 (attested 25)

XV vir sf ment 17, probably coopted c.38 (or less likely his son)

founded Norba Colonia Caesarina in Lusitania 36/34

REPUBLIC

IMPERIAL

N167

RE9

C. Norbanus C.f. C.n. Flaccus

cos 24 BC

procos Asia 18/17 or 17/16

~ Cornelia Balba dt of L. Cornelius Balbus cos suff 40

N168

RE10

N165 cf 161 RE8

C. Norbanus C.f. Flaccus

L. Norbanus Balbus

pr urb 11 AD cos ord 15

cos ord 19 AD

† 41 killed (N161)

Dem334 PME-N12ter Dobson 23

C. Norbanus C.f. Quadratus

tribus Aniensis

primus pilus, tr mil, praef castrorum,

augur and II vir at Alexandria Troas in Asia

† 37/41

N172 RE15

N163

N169 Dem553

Norbana Clara

Norbanus

C. Norbanus Ptolemaeus

landowner in inscription 65/66 in Aegyp

ideologus

iuridicus et ideologus Aegypt 63

related to Flaccus or Balbus ?

?= N169

N162 RE1 RE1a Pf45a

N168a RE11

T. Flavius Norbanus

Norbanus Licinianus

praesidial procur Raetia 86-89

from Baetica

praef Aegypti ?

delator vs procos Caecilius Classicus (97/98)

praef praet 95-96

but himself exiled

under DOMITIAN

N164 RE2

N171 RE14

Norbanus

Norbana

† 182 exc by COMMODUS

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