According to Cicero, Tiberius Coruncanius was a native of Tusculum. However, in a speech recorded by Tacitus, the emperor Claudius stated that the Coruncanii were originally from Cameria.
Praenomina
The praenomina associated with the Coruncanii who appear in history are Tiberius, Gaius, Lucius, and perhaps Publius. The various Coruncanii known only from inscriptions used a variety of names, including the common praenomina Quintus, Gaius, Gnaeus, Lucius, Marcus, and Sextus. There are individual instances of Aulus, Manius, and perhaps Spurius, but Aulus and Spurius are known only from filiations, while the only Manius was a freedman, so these may not have been regular praenomina of the Coruncanii.
The only distinct family of the Coruncanii during the Republicbore no surname. A variety of cognomina appear in inscriptions, but there is no evidence that any of them represented distinct families of the Coruncanii; many of these surnames belonged to freedmen.
Members
Tiberius Coruncanius, grandfather of the consul of 280 BC.
Tiberius Coruncanius Ti. f., father of the consul of 280 BC.
Tiberius Coruncanius Ti. f. Ti. n., consul in 280 BC, he triumphed over the Etruscans. He was probably censor around 270, became the first plebeian Pontifex Maximuscirca 254, and was dictator in 246. Coruncanius was a distinguished orator and jurist.
Gaius and Lucius Coruncanius, ambassadors sent to Teuta in 230 BC, to complain of the maritime depredations of her subjects. Lucius was put to death at her orders, provoking the First Illyrian War.
Coruncania C. f., one of the daughters of Gaius CaeciliusGallus, a soldier and municipal official, and his wife, Proxinia Procula, named on a monument at Rusicade in Numidia.
Aulus Coruncanius, the former master of Coruncania.
Gaius Coruncanius, the father of Gaius Coruncanius Oricula.
Gaius Coruncanius, the former master of Gaius Coruncanius Hilarus.
Lucius Coruncanius, the former master of Lucius Coruncanius Laches.
Gnaeus Coruncanius, the father of Gnaeus Coruncanius Rufus.
Manius Coruncanius M. s., a slave named in an inscription from Minturnae.
Marcus Coruncanius, master of Manius.
Quintus Coruncanius, the former master of Coruncania Pasis.
Quintus Coruncanius, the former master of Quintus Coruncanius Theucer.
Sextus Coruncanius, the former master of Sextus Coruncanius Chilo and Coruncania Chila.
Spurius Coruncanius, the father of Coruncania Tertia.
Coruncania Sex. l. Chila, a freedwoman buried at Rome.
Sextus Coruncanius Sex. l. Chilo, a freedman buried at Rome.
Coruncania Q. l. Creste, a freedwoman buried at Rome.
Quintus Coruncanius Q. l. Eros, a freedman buried at Rome.
