The gens Septimuleia or Septumuleia was an obscureplebeianfamily at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are mentioned in ancient writers, but others are known from inscriptions. The nomen might be confused with, and may be identical to that of Septimulenus or Septumulenus.
Origin
The nomen Septimuleiusbelongs to a large class of gentilicia, typically of Oscanorigin, ending in the gentile-forming suffix'. This may mean that the Septimuleii were of Sabine or Samnite origin. The root resembles that of the rare Latin praenomenSeptimus, from the Latin numeral for "seven", referring to a seventh son, seventh child, or a child born in September, the seventh month of the old Roman calendar. In this case, Septimuleius might be cognate with the patronymic nomen Septimius. The suffix ' was typically associated with gentes from Picenum and neighboring regions, which would be consistent with an Oscan or Umbrian origin.
Members
Lucius Septimuleius, a native of Anagnia in Latium, and a friend of Gaius Gracchus, nonetheless claimed the reward for his friend's head, which he presented to the consul Lucius Opimius after Gracchus' murder in 121 BC. According to different versions of the story, the reward was the weight of the head in gold, and Septimuleius either filled Gracchus' mouth with lead, or replaced his brain with lead; but he was denied his bounty when the head was found to weigh seventeen and two thirds pounds.
Septimuleia, the mother ofJuvenal, according to the Vita Juvenalis.
Septimuleia, the sister of Juvenal, married a man named "Fuscinus".
Septimuleius Apella, buried at Rome, with a monument from his son, Septimuleius Restitutus.
Decimus Septumuleius D. l. Athenio, a freedman and priest of the Imperial cult at Nola in Campania between AD 1 and 70, mentioned in an inscription along with Decimus Septumuleius Atticus and Septumuleia Daphne.
Decimus Septumuleius D. l. Atticus, a freedman and priest of the Imperial Cult at Nola during the early or middle part of the first century, mentioned in an inscription along with Decimus Septumuleius Athenio and Septumuleia Daphne.
Septumuleia D. l. Daphne, a freedwoman at Nola during the early or middle part of the first century, mentioned in an inscription along with the priests Decimus Septumuleius Athenio and Decimus Septumuleius Atticus.
Lucius Septumuleius Sp. f., a little boy buried at Rome, aged three, at some point in the first century.
