Jania gens

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The '''gens Jania''' was an obscure [[plebs|plebeian]] family at [[ancient Rome]]. No members of this [[gens]] are mentioned in ancient writers, but several are known from inscriptions.

==Members==
* Lucius Janius, named in an inscription from [[Pompeii]] in [[Campania]].<ref>.</ref>
* Janius Firmus, dedicated a tomb at Rome for his wife, and for his daughter, Grapta.<ref>.</ref>
* Jania Januaria, buried at [[Călan|Aquae]] in [[Roman Dacia|Dacia]] between AD 150 and 270, along with Gaius Janius Januarius and Janius Marcianus.<ref name="IDR iii 3 11">''IDR'', iii. 3, 11.</ref>
* Gaius Janius Januarius, buried at Aquae between AD 150 and 270, along with Janius Marcianus and Jania Januaria.<ref name="IDR iii 3 11"/>
* Servius Janius Juventius, made an offering to [[Hercules]] ''Invictus'' at [[Castelseprio (archaeological park)|Sibrium]] in [[Gallia Transpadana]], dating to the latter half of the third century.<ref>.</ref>
* Janius Marcianus, buried at Aquae between AD 150 and 270, along with Gaius Janius Marcianus and Jania Januaria.<ref name="IDR iii 3 11"/>

==See also==
* [[List of Roman gentes]]

==References==


==Bibliography==
* [[Theodor Mommsen]] ''et alii'', ''[[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum]]'' (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated ''CIL''), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
* René Cagnat ''et alii'', ''[[L'Année épigraphique]]'' (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated ''AE''), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
* ''Inscriptiones Daciae Romanae'' (Inscriptions from Roman Dacia, abbreviated ''IDR''), Bucharest (1975–present).

[[Category:Roman gentes]]

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