Munatia gens

The gens Munatia was a plebeian family at Rome.

Members of this gens are first mentioned during the second century BC, but they did not obtain any of the higher offices of the Roman state until imperial times.

[3] The chief surnames of the Munatii under the Republic were Flaccus, Gratus, Plancus, and Rufus.

[3] Plancus, often written Plancius, denotes a person with flat feet.

[4][5] It was the cognomen of the most important family of the Munatii.

Statue of Lucius Munatius Plancus , in the Rathaus of Basel . Plancus founded the colony of Raurica, now Basel, in 43 BC. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The statue, depicting Plancus in the Renaissance version of Roman armor, is dated 1580.
Denarius of Lucius Plautius Plancus, 47 BC. The obverse depicts a facing head of Medusa . The reverse is a reproduction of Nicomachus of Thebes ' Victory in a Quadriga , which was placed in the Temple of Jupiter by Lucius Munatius Plancus, consul in 43 BC and Plautius' natural brother. [ 22 ] [ 23 ]
Aureus of Gaius Julius Caesar and Lucius Munatius Plancus, 45 BC. A bust of Victory is depicted on the obverse, while there is a jug on the reverse. The legends tell that Caesar is dictator for the third time, and Plancus has been appointed urban prefect . [ 58 ] [ 59 ]