Herminia gens

It is uncertain whether the Herminii should be regarded as a Sabine or Etruscan family. Roman scholars seem to have considered them Etruscans; the consul of 448 BC bears a distinctly Etruscan praenomen,^[2][3][4] and Silius Italicus gives the name to an Etruscan fisherman.^[5][1] On the other hand, Her- is a frequent element at the beginning of Oscan names,^[1][6] and in the legend recounting how Titus Herminius held the Sublician bridge alongside Publius Horatius and Spurius Larcius, Herminius seems to represent the Sabine element of the Roman populus, while Horatius represents the Latins, and Lartius the Etruscans.^[1]

The praenomina associated with the early Herminii are Titus and Lars.^[i] To these, epigraphic sources add Lucius, Marcus, and Quintus. Lars is an Etruscan praenomen;^[4] the others were of Latin origin,^[ii] and common throughout Roman history.

The only distinct cognomen associated with the Herminii of the early Republic is Aquilinus, apparently derived from aquila, an eagle.^[1][9] Coritinesanus or Corinitesanus is sometimes given in place of this for Lars Herminius, the consul of 448 BC.^[10][7] Other surnames appear in imperial times.

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

• Titus Herminius Aquilinus, was a commander in the army of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last Roman king. After the overthrow of the monarchy, he fought to hold the Sublician bridge against Lars Porsena. Aquilinus was consul in 506 BC. During the Battle of Lake Regillus, circa 499, he slew Octavius Mamilius, leader of the Latin forces, but was himself slain while retrieving his foe's armor.^{[11][12][13][14][15]}
• Lars Herminius T. f. Aquilinus (or Coritinesanus), consul in 448 BC.^{[16][17][18][14][7]}
• Herminia M. l. Zosima, a freedwoman buried at Venusia, aged twenty-two, in a tomb dating between the end of the first century BC, and the middle of the first century AD.^[19]
• Herminius, dedicated a first-century tomb at Rome for himself and his wife, Herminia Fort[...].^[20]
• Herminia Fort[...], buried at Rome in a first-century tomb built by her husband, Herminius, for himself and his family.^[20]
• Quintus Herminius Magnus, a native of Cisalpine Gaul, served in a cohort of the Praetorian Guard, according to an inscription from Rome dating between AD 135 and 137.^[21]
• Lucius Herminius L. f. Crispinus, a Roman senator of imperial times, evidently had been consul in an unknown year.^[22]

• List of Roman gentes