Fundania gens

The gens Fundania was a plebeian family at Ancient Rome, which first appears in history in the second half of the third century BC.

Although members of this gens occur well into imperial times, and Gaius Fundanius Fundulus obtained the consulship in BC 243, the Fundanii were never amongst the more important families of the Roman state.

[1] The nomen Fundanius is derived from the surname Fundanus, originally designating a resident of Fundi, a city of southern Latium, which was granted civitas sine suffragio at the close of the Latin War in 338 BC.

The only cognomen used by the Fundanii under the Republic is Fundulus, a sausage, belonging to a large class of surnames derived from the names of familiar objects and animals.

[1][3] Lamia, a surname of Lucius Fundanius Aelianus, consul in AD 116, was inherited from the Aelia gens, where it was a regular cognomen.

Denarius of Gaius Fundanius, 101 BC. The obverse depicts the head of Roma , while the reverse depicts Gaius Marius as triumphator in a chariot; the young man on horseback is probably his son . Marius was awarded this triumph for his victory over the Teutoni .