Marcus Julius Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Not so long ago, I was doing an essay of Lucius Artorius Castus. The essay went fine, but the family history of the Artorii is still a mystery to me. Does someone know the descendants and predecessors of Lucius Artorius Castus? Marcus Julius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 There are several Artorii inscriptions in Rome and Ostia, but those are all associated with flamen of Flora, a commander of the Praetorian Guard, and families who moved to those locations to be near Artorii soldiers who were stationed in Rome or with ships in Ostia. There is an opinion that Artorii had Etruscan origin because a praenomen Artor (Etr. ar-thur, cf. vel-thur, etc.) sounds like Etruscan name. We cannot know about it for sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backfire22 Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 I had heard that there was evidence of another Artorii in Britain named Marcus Artorius Nuncius but I cannot recall the media that I obtained this information from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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