ngs to Rome, Italy and the provinces. Yet the new dispensation, or ‘
novus
status’, was the work of fraud and bloodshed, bas
own for centuries as a part of the history of the Republic. Hence the
novus
homo (in the strict sense of the term the first m
an could not win power and influence without making many enemies. The
novus
homo had to tread warily. Anxious not to offend a
li atque obscuro loco natus’ (In Verrem 11, 5, 181) that is, simply a
novus
homo. PageBook=>031 licence to write polit
e and painful testimony. The party of the Republic was no place for a
novus
homo: the Lentuli were synonymous with aristocrat
e Roman aristocracy, conspicuous in the Julii and in the Claudii. The
novus
homo at Rome was all too anxiously engaged in for
la 24). There are plenty of odd but significant examples of the ‘homo
novus
parvusque senator’ (Bell. Afr. 57, 4). Note the b
tota Italia; he was profuse in praise of the virtue and vigour of the
novus
homo. No evidence, however, that he was generous
policy, no man from remoter Italy whom he helped into the Senate, no
novus
homo for whom he strove in defiance of the nobile
rinceps iam diu publicanorum’ (ib. 24). 2 Ib. 19. 3 J. Vogt, Homo
novus
(Stuttgart, 1926), 19 ff. 4 Pro Cluentio 153: ‘
f. Plutarch, Pompeius 64) may be mentioned. 2 C. Flavius Fimbria, a
novus
homo (cos. 104) was certainly a partisan of Mariu
in 42 with two of the marshals, the noble D. Junius Brutus and the
novus
homo L. Munatius Plancus, of a reputable family f
transmitted these unexceptionable observations goes on to speak of a ‘
novus
status’. 3 The Princeps would never have denied i
e did so. 3 To Suetonius, the work of Augustus was the creation of a ‘
novus
status’. 4 From a distance the prospect is fair
What they thought of their common taskmaster was never recorded. The
novus
homo of the revolutionary age and the heir of the
ommonly precluded from the highest distinction in the Free State. The
novus
homo might rise to the praetorship: to the consul
icenum. 2 The origin of M. Lollius and of P. Silius is unknown. 3 A
novus
homo held the consulate as colleague of Quirinius
possibility that Lollius was really of noble extraction, adopted by a
novus
homo, cf. E. Groag, P-W XIII, 1378, on the myster
ght of ancient tradition. To promote novi homines was patently not a ‘
novus
mos’. 3 All men knew that the noblest families of
Verona). 2 Suetonius, Divus Aug. 46. 3 Velleius 2, 128, 1: ‘neque
novus
hic mos senatus populique est putandi quod optimu
playing dice with M. Vinicius and P. Silius. 2 Without his favour, no
novus
homo could have reached the consulate. Of the nob
became a pontifex at the age of twenty-five:1 he was a patrician. The
novus
homo Cicero had to wait until he became a senior
romotion and successful career of L. Passienus Rufus (cos. 4 B.C.), a
novus
homo, attests the influence of C. Sallustius Cris
2 The most striking example of continuous service is afforded by the
novus
homo from Picenum, C. Poppaeus Sabinus (cos. A.
uited, before death by the governorship of Syria and after death. The
novus
homo from the small town of Lanuvium was accorded
Cornelius Dolabella, of ancient nobility. 5 The competent and sturdy
novus
homo C. Poppaeus Sabinus was legate of Moesia. 6
the remarks of A. D. Nock, CAH x, 467. PageBook=>456 Not every
novus
homo, however, or provincial aristocrat was an ex
libertas and fides were supplanted by the vigour and industry of the
novus
homo. The opening of a career to talent, however,
ad Pompeius’ consuls Afranius and Gabinius. Cicero had been the great
novus
homo of that age: the family ended with his bibul
me that name stood for the bluest blood. 8 The descendants of another
novus
homo, L. Nonius Asprenas (cos. suff. 36 B.C.), la
with a constellation of characters no less vivid and detestable. The
novus
homo, avid and thrusting, stripped off all preten
e, themselves no mean part of it. The Roman patrician and the Italian
novus
homo alike had salvaged honour and fame, yet had
Philological Monographs I. Middletown (Conn.), 1931. VOGT, J. Homo
novus
. Stuttgart, 1926. VOLKMANN, H. Zur Rechtsprechu
nder Helios, 261, 265, 300. Alfenus Varus, P. (cos. suff. 39 B.C.),
novus
homo, 79, 93, 498; in the Cisalpina, 235; as a ju
s, Sex. (cos, A.D. 14), 421, 496. Apronius, L. (cos. suff. A.D. 8),
novus
homo, 363, 434, 436. Aqueducts, Agrippa’s work,
1, 466. Asturia, 332, 401. Ateius Capito, C. (cos. suff. A.D. 5),
novus
homo, 375; religious activities, 382; curator aqu
m Aletrium, 360. Bibulus, see Calpurnius. Billienus, C., remarkable
novus
homo, 81, 93. Birth, a qualification for office
.D. 71), see Nerva, the Emperor. Coelius Caldus, C. (cos. 94 B.C.), a
novus
homo, 94. Cognomina, foreign, 84; adopted to sh
um, 361. Didius, Q., Antonian, 266, 267. Didius, T. (cos. 98 B.C.),
novus
homo, 93, 94. Dignitas, 13, 25, 26, 35, 48, 70,
ntonian partisan, 242, 266, 498. Flavius Fimbria, C. (cos. 104 B.C.),
novus
homo, 94. Flavius Gallus, Antonian general, 264
ian and poet, 79, 251. Heracles, 263. Herennius, M. (cos. 93 B.C.),
novus
homo, 94. Herennius, M. (cos. suff. 34 B.C.), 92,
116. Hirtius, A., from Ferentinum, 362. Hirtius, A. (cos. 43 B.C.),
novus
homo and Caesarian, 95; in 44 B.C., 97, 99 f., 10
Junii Silani, 382, 495. Junius Blaesus, Q. (cos. suff. A.D. 10),
novus
homo, 363, 404, 434, 437. Junius Brutus, L. (cos.
67 f. Labienus, T., orator and historian, 486, 489. Laelius, C.,
novus
homo and friend of the Scipiones, 85. Lamus, fict
um, 82, 193, 360, 361, 362, 383. Laronius, Q. (cos. suff. 33 B.C.),
novus
homo and admiral of Octavianus, 200, 237 f., 242,
., kinsman of Brutus, 198, 205. Licinius Murena, L. (cos. 62 B.C.),
novus
homo, 94. Licinius Nerva Silianus, A. (cos. suff.
, 193 f.; his wealth, 31, 195. Lucilius Longus (cos. suff. A.D. 7),
novus
homo and friend of Tiberius, 363, 434 f. Lucius
a. Murredius, Augustan orator, 456. Murrius Umber, Mamius, Augustan
novus
homo, 361. Mussidius Pollianus, T., Augustan sena
Illyrian tribe, 223. Passienus Rufus, L. (cos. 4 B.C.), remarkable
novus
homo, 93, 362; relations with Sallustius Crispus,
5, 498. Pergamum, 76, 262. Perperna, M. (cos. 130 B.C.), Etruscan
novus
homo, 85, 93. Perperna, M. (cos. 92 B.C.), his de
lo, Q., Marsian leader, 26, 87. Poppaeus Sabinus, C. (cos. A.D. 9),
novus
homo, 362, 434; legate of Moesia, 397, 437; his d
ghter, 499; origin, 362. Poppaeus Secundus, Q. (cos. suff. A.D. 9),
novus
homo, 362, 434; a bachelor, 452, 498. Populares
atus of, 15, 457 see also Army, Legions. Sosius, C. (cos. 32 B.C.),
novus
homo and Antonian partisan, 200, 267 f.; at Zacyn
7. Tacitus, see Cornelius. Tarius Rufus, L. (cos. suff. 16 B.C.),
novus
homo, 362, 373, 376, 397, 403, 425, 452, 498; at
, defends Nursia, 210; with Sex. Pompeius, 228. Titedius Labeo, minor
novus
homo, 456. Titinius, partisan of Octavianus, 23
M. (cos. 63 B.C.), early career and consulate, 24 f., 29 f., 32; as a
novus
homo, 11, 13, 94; relations with publicani, 14; w
ainst the Parthians, 223 f.; his triumph, 224, 231, 241; as a type of
novus
homo, 199 f.; nomenclature, 93, 200. PageBook=&
249. Vettius Scato, impoverished Marsian, 91. Vibidius, disreputable
novus
homo, 456. Vibienus, C, obscure senator, 94. Vi
, perhaps from Brixia, 363. Vibius Habitus, A. (cos. suff, A.D. 8),
novus
homo from Larinum, 362, 434, 498. Vibius Pansa
, 434, 498. Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, C. (cos. 43 B.C.), Caesarian
novus
homo, 71; his name and origin, 71, 90; attitude i
consular descendants, 498. Vibius Postumus, C. (cos. suff. A.D. 5),
novus
homo from Larinum, 362, 434, 498; in Illyricum, 4
us, L. (cos. suff. 5 B.C.), 375. Vinicius, M. (cos. suff. 19 B.C.),
novus
homo, his origin, 194, 362; in Gaul, 329, 339; pe
206, 343, 448, 490, 512. Visellius Varro, C. (cos. suff. A.D. 12),
novus
homo, 363. Visidius, L., local magnate, 82; his