Porcia gens

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The Porcia gens was an ancient Roman plebeian family best known for producing prominent statesmen and Stoic-influenced politicians, including Cato the Younger.

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Label Occurrences
gens Porcia 2
Porcia gens canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman gens
plebeian family
associatedPhilosophy Stoicism
country Roman Republic
ethnicity Roman
familyBranch Porcii Catones
Porcii Laecae
floruit 1st century BC
2nd century BC
hasCognomen Cato
Laeca
Licinianus
hasFemaleMember Porcia Catonis
surface form: Porcia (wife of Marcus Junius Brutus)

Porcia Catonis
hasMemberHoldingOffice censor
consul
praetor
tribune of the plebs
hasNotableMember Cato the Elder
Cato the Younger
Gaius Porcius Cato
Lucius Porcius Cato
Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus
surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato the Elder)

Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato the Younger)

Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius

Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus
Cato the Younger
surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis

Marcus Porcius Laeca
Porcia Catonis
surface form: Porcia (daughter of Cato the Younger)

Porcia Catonis
knownFor association with Cato the Younger
producing Roman statesmen
producing Stoic-influenced politicians
languageOfName Latin
maritalAlliance Marcus Junius Brutus
nomen Porcius
notableEventAssociation late Roman Republic political conflicts
opposition to Julius Caesar through Cato the Younger
originOfName derived from Latin "porcus" (pig)
politicalAlignment optimates
religion Roman religion
socialClass plebeian
sourceMention Cicero
Livy
Plutarch
timePeriod Roman Republic

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cato the Younger tribe Porcia gens
Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger) memberOf Porcia gens
this entity surface form: gens Porcia
Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger) nobleFamily Porcia gens
this entity surface form: gens Porcia