5-401: Norbanus may refer to: Norbana gens , family in ancient Rome Norbanus (wasp) , a wasp genus in the subfamily Pteromalinae [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
10-502: Is itself a nomen gentilicium , belonging to a class of nomina derived from place-names, and ending in -anus . Such names were common in families of Umbrian origin, although less characteristic of Latin gentes. In the case of the Norbani, the name is likely derived from the town of Norba , in Latium , but, since none of the known members of the gens show any association with the town, it
15-469: The beginning of the first century BC, and from then to the end of the second century AD they filled a number of magistracies and other important posts, first in the late Republic , and subsequently under the emperors. Because the great majority of Roman gentilicia end in -ius , many writers have supposed Norbanus to have been a cognomen , perhaps belonging to a branch of the Junia gens . In fact, it
20-455: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norbanus&oldid=991426072 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Norbana gens The gens Norbana was a plebeian family at ancient Rome . Members of this gens are first mentioned toward
25-446: Was perhaps an earlier, unknown ancestor who came from there, suggesting the family is of greater antiquity than the available records suggest. For the first Norbani appearing in the late Republic, Ronald Syme suggested an Etruscan origin. The primary surname of the Norbani is Flaccus , a common surname that translates as "flabby" or "flap-eared". Other surnames include Balbus , a common name referring to one who stammers; this
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