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The ''gens Cossinia'' was a plebeian family at Rome. The gens originated at Tibur, and came to Rome early in the first century BC. None of its members ever obtained the higher offices of the state.〔''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', William Smith, Editor.〕 ==Members== :''This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.'' * Lucius Cossinius, of Tibur, received the Roman franchise in consequence of the condemnation of Titus Caelius, whom he had accused. He may be the same Cossinius who was a legate of Publius Varinius, and who fell in battle against Spartacus, in 73 BC.〔Marcus Tullius Cicero, ''Pro Balbo'', 23.〕〔Plutarchus, ''Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans'', Crassus, 9.〕 * Lucius Cossinius L. f., an eques, and friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Varro. Cicero mentions his death in 45 BC, and expresses his grief at his loss.〔Marcus Tullius Cicero, ''Epistulae ad Atticum'', i. 19, 20, ii. 1, xiii. 46; ''Epistulae ad Familiares'', xiii. 23.〕〔Marcus Terentius Varro, ''Rerum Rusticarum libri III'', ii. 1.〕 * Lucius Cossinius Anchialus, a freedman of Cicero's friend, was recommended by Cicero to Servius Sulpicius Rufus in 46 BC.〔Marcus Tullius Cicero, ''Epistulae ad Familiares'', xiii. 23.〕 * Cossinius, an eques and friend of Nero's, was mistakenly poisoned by an Egyptian physician, whom the emperor had sent in order to cure his friend.〔Gaius Plinius Secundus, ''Historia Naturalis'', xxix. 4, s. 30.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cossinia (gens)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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