The gens Jania was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned in ancient writers, but several are known from inscriptions.

Members

  • Lucius Janius, named in an inscription from Pompeii in Campania.[1]
  • Janius Firmus, dedicated a tomb at Rome for his wife, and for his daughter, Grapta.[2]
  • Jania Januaria, buried at Aquae in Dacia between AD 150 and 270, along with Gaius Janius Januarius and Janius Marcianus.[3]
  • Gaius Janius Januarius, buried at Aquae between AD 150 and 270, along with Janius Marcianus and Jania Januaria.[3]
  • Servius Janius Juventius, made an offering to Hercules Invictus at Sibrium in Gallia Transpadana, dating to the latter half of the third century.[4]
  • Janius Marcianus, buried at Aquae between AD 150 and 270, along with Gaius Janius Marcianus and Jania Januaria.[3]

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Theodor Mommsen et alii, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated CIL), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
  • René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
  • Inscriptiones Daciae Romanae (Inscriptions from Roman Dacia, abbreviated IDR), Bucharest (1975–present).
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