- tradition, the gens
originated long
before the
founding of the city. The
Pinarii are
mentioned under the kings, and
members of this gens
attained the highest...
- The
story of the
Potitii is
inextricably intertwined with that of the
Pinarii.
According to legend,
Hercules came to
Italy a
generation before the Trojan...
-
claimed descent from Numa,
including the Pompilii, Pomponii, Calpurnii, and
Pinarii. A
variation of this
account stated that
Mamercus was the son of Pythagoras...
-
prominent members of this
family bore the name
during the
Roman Republic. The
Pinarii,
another patrician family, was also
believed to have used the praenomen...
-
Numae f.
Pomponis n.,
claimed as the
ancestor of the gens Pinaria; but the
Pinarii had
another tradition,
according to
which their family originated long...
- and the Menenii,
Numerius by the Fabii,
Mamercus by the
Aemilii and the
Pinarii,
Vopiscus only by the Julii, and
Decimus was not used by any patrician...
- two
gentes superintended these rites as a
sacrum gentili****, much as the
Pinarii and
Potitii maintained the
worship of Hercules. Such
sacred rites were...
- Mamercus, and Numa, from whom the
noble families (gentes) of the Pomponii,
Pinarii, Calpurnii, Aemilii, and
Pompilii respectively traced their descent. Other...
-
Evander ascribes the
origin even earlier,
attributing it to
Potitius and the
Pinarii. The
altar was the
earliest cult
location for
Hercules in Rome, predating...
-
sacrum gentilicium.
Another example of such
responsibilities concerned the
Pinarii and the Potitii, who
maintained the
worship of Hercules. Such
sacred rites...
