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VOLUSIUS, a pupil of Cicero in oratory,
2. The freedwoman of Volumnius Eutrapelus, accompanied Cicero to Cilicia, where he held some
and the mistress of Antony, is better known under office under him. (Cic. ad Fam. v. 10, 20, ad Att. v.
her name of Cytheris. [CYTHERIS. ]
21. ) In one passage (ad Att. v. 11) he is called
VOLU'MNIA GENS, patrician and plebeian. Ca. Volusius, for there can be little doubt that this
It was of great antiquity, for the wife of Corio-Cneius is the same person who is elsewhere called
lanus belonged to it, and one of its members, P. Marcus.
Volumnius Gallus, held the consulship as early as 3. M, VOLUSIUS, is mentioned by Cicero in
B. C. 461, but it never attained much importance. B. C. 49 (ad Fam. xvi. 12). He is probably the
The Volumnii bore the cognomens of Gallus with same as the M. Volusins who was plebeian aedile
the agnomen Amintinus, and of FLAMMA with the in B. C. 43, and was proscribed by the triumvirs,
agnomen Violens. A few persons of the name are but escaped by assuming the disguise of a priest
mentioned without any surname. [VOLUMNIUS. ] of Isis. (Val Max. vii. 3. & 8; Appian, B. C.
VOLU'MNIUS. '1. M. VOLUMNIUS, slain by iv. 47. )
Catiline, at the time of Sulla. (Ascon. in Tog. L. VOLU'SIUS MAECIANUS, a jurist,
Cand. p. 84, ed. Orelli. )
was in the consilium of Antoninus Pius. (Capitol.
2. P. VOLUMNIUS, a judex on the trial of Clu- Antonin. Pius, c. 12. ) Among the many illus-
entius. (Cic. pro Cluent. 70. )
trious men who formed the character of Marcus
3. L. VOLUMNIUS, a senator with whom Cicero Aurelius, was Maecianus: Aurelius was one of his
was intimate (Cic. ad Fam. vii. 32 ; comp. Varr. auditores. (Capitol. Antonin. Philosoph. c. 3. ) A
R. R. ii. 4), is perhaps the same as the Volumnius rescript of the Divi Fratres (Dig. 37. tit. 14. 8. 17),
Flaccus, who was a friend of D. Brutus. (Cic. ad speaks of him in these terms: “ Volusius Maecianus
Fam. xi. 12, 18. )
amicus noster, &c. ” Marcus in his Twy eis èautó
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UPIS.
(lib. 1) mentions Marcianus, in place of which it is ancient Roman praenomens, it was afterwards uscil
proposed to read Maecianus, but Marcus does not
as a cognomen.
speak of him as a jurist. Vulcatius (Avid. Cass. VOPISCUS, FLAVIUS, Syracusius, one of the
c. 7) says that Maecianus was entrusted with the six “ Scriptores Historiae Augustae” (see Capi.
gorernment of Alexandria, and that he was killed TOLINUS), probably the latest, since he refers di.
by the army for having joined Cassius in his usur- fectly to three, Trebellius Pollio, Julius Capito-
pation, A. D. 175.
linus, and Aelius Lampridius, the last being very
Maccianus wrote sixteen books on Fideicommissa, probably the same with Spartianus (LAMPRIDIUS ;
and fourteen books on Judicia Publica. A Liber SPARTIANUS). Vulcatius Gallicanus, the sixth,
Quaestionum is also mentioned (Dig. 29. tit. 2. is alike unknown and insignificant. The name of
8. 86), but it may have been a part of the work on Vopiscus is prefixed to the biographies of, 1. Au-
Fideicommissa. He also wrote that Legem Rho- relianus : 2. Tacitus ; 3. Florianus ; 4. Probus ;
diam, from which there is a single excerpt in the 5. The four tyrants, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus
Digest (14. tit. 2. 8. 9) in Greek, from which we and Bonosus ; 6. Carus ; 7. Nunicrianus ; 8. Ca-
may conclude that this was a collection of the Rho- rinus ; at this point he stops, declaring that Dio-
dinn laws relating to maritime affairs, and Mae- cletian, and those who follow, demand a more
cianus may have accompanied the collection with clevated style of composition. Although we obe
a commentary. This work is not mentioned in serve the same want of judgment in selecting,
the Florentine Index.
arranging, and combining his materials, which cha-
There are forty-four excerpts from Maccianus racteriscs the other authors of this collection, yet
in the Digest. He is cited by Cervidius Scaevola, he appears to have exercised considerable industry
Papinian, Ulpian and Paulus. A treatise, De Asse in consulting the Greek writers who had preceded
et Ponderibus, is attributed to Volusius Maecianus, him in the same department, in availing himself of
but there is some doubt about the authorship. It the treasures of the Ulpian and other public libraries,
is printed in Graevius, Antiq. Roman. xi. , and at and in examining the public records of different
Paris, 1565, 8vo. There is a dissertation by Wun- branches of the administration, and the private
derlich, De L. Volusio Maeciano; and a recent papers of various distinguished individuals, especi-
cdition of Maecianus de Asse, and of Balbus by ally the journals and commentaries of the emperor
E. Böcking, Bonn, 1831, 12mo. [G. L. ] Aurelianus. Considerable authority and interest
VOLU'SIUS PRO'CULUS. [PROCULUS. ] are communicated to his narrative by the insertion
VOLU'SIUS SATURNI'NUS. [SATUR- of original letters written by Hadrianus, Valerianus,
NINUS. ]
Claudius, Aurelianus, Zenobia, Tacitus, Probus,
VOLUSUS or VOLESUS, the reputed an. Carus, and other public characters, together with
cestor of the Valeria gens, who is said to have quotations from acts of the senate, and orations deli-
settled at Rome with Titus Tatius (VALERIA vered on great occasions. From the epithet Syra-
Gens).
cusius we conclude that Vopiscus was by birth a
The name afterwards became a cognomen in Sicilian : he informs us that he undertook the task
the Valeria gens. Thus we read of M. VALE- of writing the life of Aurelianus, at the suggestion
RIUS VOLUsus, the brother of Publicola, who was and by the request of Junius Tiberianus, prefect
consul B. C. 505, the fifth year of the republic, of the city (about A. D. 291), who placed at his
with P. Postumius Tubertus. He fought, together disposal a variety of important documents, and we
with his colleague, against the Sabines, and ob- find that the life of Carinus was written after the
tained a triumph on account of his victory over elevation of Constantius Chlorus to the rank of
them. He fell at the battle of the Lake Regillus, Caesar, that is, later than A. D. 292. For editions,
B. C. 498 or 496 (Liv. ii. 16, 20 ; Dionys. v. 37 ; translations, &c. see CAPITOLINUS. (W. R. )
Plut. Public. 20). We also read of another VOPISCUS, JUʻLIUS CAESAR. [CAESAR,
brother of Publicola, u ho bore the same cognomen, No. 10. ]
namely, M'. VALERIUS VOLUSUS MAXIMUS, who VOPISCUS, P. MANI’LIUS, consul under
was dictator in B. C. 494, and to whom the family Trajan, A. D. 114 with Q. Ninnius Hasta. (Fasti. )
of the Valerii Maximi traced their origin. [Max- VOPISCUS, MA'NLIUS, a friend of the poet
IMUS, p. 1001, a. ] It may be, however, that a Statius. (Silv. i. 3. )
mistake has been made in the Annals, and that VOPISCUS, L. POMPEIUS or POPPAEUS,
Manius, the dictator, was the same person as was consul suffectus with T. Virginius Rufus, A. D.
Marcus, the consul: his praenomen would have 69. (Tac. Hist. i. 77.
)
been changed, because it was stated in some of the VORANUS, a thief mentioned by Horace, is
Annals that the consul fell at the battle of the said by the scholiast to have been a freedman of
Lake Regillus. Volusus likewise occurs as a Q. Lutatius Catulus. (Hor. Sat. i. 8. 39. )
praenomen of one of the Valerii Potiti. [Po- VOTIE'NUS MONTANUS. [MONTANUS. ]
TITUS, No. 3. ] At a later period the name was UPIS. (Oůmis. ) l. A surname of Artemis, as
rerived in the Valeria gens, and was borne as an the goddess assisting women in child-birth. (Cal-
agnomen by L. Valerius Messalla, who was consul lim. Hymn. in Dian. 240. )
A. D. 5. (MESSALLA, No. 11. ]
2. The name of a mythical being said to havo
VOLUX, the son of Bocchus, king of Maure- reared Artemis (Schol. ad Callim. l. c. ), and who is
tania. (Sall. Jug. 101, 105, 107. ) [Bocchus. ] mentioned by Virgil as one of the nymphs in her
VONONES, the name of two kings of Parthia. train. (Aen. xi. 532. ) The masculine Upis is
[ARSACES XVIII. , XXII. )
mentioned by Cicero (De Nat. Deor. iii. 23), as the
VOPISCUS, a Roman praenomen, signified a father of Artemis.
twin. child, who was born safe, while the other 3. A Hyperborean maiden, who together with
twin died before birth. (Plin. H. N. vii. 8. s. 10; Arge carried an offering, which had been vowed
Solin. 1. ; Val. Max. Epit. De Nominum Ratione, for the birth of Apollo and Artemis, to Eileithyia,
pp. 878, 879, ed. Torrenius. ) Like niany other at Delos. (Herod. iv. 35. )
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URBICA.
URSICINUS.
BIS
500
LAL
4. A surname of Nemesis at Rhamnus. (Paus. i. UR'BICA, MAGNIA. A considerable number
33. & 2. )
[L. S. ] of coins are extant in all the three metals, which
URA'NIA (Oupavia). 1. One of the Muses, a exhibit on the obverse a female head with the
daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne. (Hes. Theog. 78; legend MAGNIA (8. MAGN. ) URBICA AUG. , or,
Ov. Fast. v. 55. ) The ancient bard Linus is called MAGNIAE URBICAE AUG. , and on the reverse
her son by Apollo (Hygin. Fab. 161), and Hyme- PUDICITIA AUG. , with a woman seated and two
naeus also is said to have been a son of Urania boys standing by her side, or some of the ordinary
(Catull. Ixi. 2. ) She was regarded, as her name in- types characteristic of the Augustae. To what
dicates, as the Muse of Astronomy, and was repre. cpoch these medals ought to be assigned, has been
sented with a celestial globe to which she points a subject of lively controversy among nuniis-
with a little staff. (Hirt, Mythol. Bilderb. p. 210. ) niatologists. By some they are believed to belong
2. A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys (Hes. to the age of Maxentius, and Patin has pro-
Theog. 350), who also occurs as a nymph in the nounced that Urbica was his wife ; others, again,
train of Persephone. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 424. ) maintain that she was married to Carus, while
3. A surname of Aphrodite, describing her as Stosch asserted that she was one of the numerous
“the heavenly," or spiritual, to distinguish her consorts of Carinus, bringing forward in support of
from Aphrodite Pandemos. Plato represents her this opinion a third brass, bearing on the obrerse
as a daughter of Uranus, begotten without a a male head with the words IMP. CARINUS AUG. ,
mother. (Sympos. p. 180 ; Xenoph. Sympos. 8. and on the reverse the head of Urbica with MAG-
8 9. ) Wine was not used in the libations offered NIA URBICA AUG. If this piece were genuine it
to her. (Schol. ad Soph. Oed. Col. 101 ; Herod. i. would at least establish the fact that Urbica was
105 ; Suid. 8. o. vnperia. )
(L. S. ) closely connected with the family of Carus ; but
URA'NIUS (Oupávios), a Greek writer of un. unfortunately there is great reason to believe that
certain date, wrote a work on Arabia in three it is a modern forgery, and consequently we are
books at the least, which is frequently referred to still left without sure information concerning an
by Stephanus of Byzantium and occasionally quoted empress who is not named by any historian. (See
by other writers. (Steph. Byz. s. vv. Adata, Aia- Eckhel, vol. vii. p. 517. )
[W. R. ]
uhun, "Abava , et alibi; Tzetzes, Chil. vii. 144 ;
Eustath. in Dionys. Perieg. 38. )
URA'NIUS, a Gaul by birth, a presbyter of
the church at Nola, is known to us as the author
of a biography of his friend Paulinus Nolanus, at
whose death he was present. His work, entitled
De Vita et Obitu Paulini Noluni, was first pub-
lished by Surius in his Vitae Sanctorum (fol. Colon.
Agripp. 1572) under the 22nd of June. It was
subsequently edited from a better MS. by Chifflet
in his Paulinus illustratus (4to. Div. 1662), but the
COIN OF MAGNIA URBICA.
text appears in its best form in the edition of
Paulinus by Le Brun, 4to. Paris, 1685. (Schoene- URBI'CIUS, or more correctly ORBI'CIUS, a
mann, Biblioth. Patrum Lat. vol. ii. & 33. ) (W. R. ] writer on tactics. [ORBICIUS. ]
URA'NIUS (Oupávios), a Syrian physician at U'RBICUS, POMPEIUS, put to death by the
Constantinople about the middle of the sixth emperor Claudius as one of the parties privy to
century after Christ. He pretended to be a very Messalina's marriage with Silius. * (Tac. Ann. xi.
subtle and acute philosopher, and went to Persia, 35. )
where he obtained great favour and influence with ÚRBINIUS PANO'PION. [PANOPION. )
Chosroës ; but Agathias, from whom we learn these URGULA'NIA, a great favourite of Livia, the
particulars, gives him a very indifferent character, mother of the emperor Tiberius. The empress had
and compares him to Thersites, for his love of raised Urgulania above the laws, says Tacitus, who
wrangling. (Hist, ii. sub fin. ) [W. A. G. ) gives two instances of her arrogance. When cited
U'RANUS (Oúpavos), the Latin Caelus, a son by L. Piso, to whom she owed a sum of money, to
of Gaea (Hes. Theog. 126, &c. ; comp.