The gens Scandilia, also written Scantilia, was an obscure plebeian family of equestrian rank at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are mentioned by ancient writers, but a number are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The nomenScandiliusbelongs to a large class of gentilicia formed using the suffix -, usually from cognomina with diminutive endings such as -ilus or -ulus. The root of the name appears to be Scantillus, perhaps a diminutive of Scantius, another gentile name, which also seems to have given rise to the nomen Scantinius.
A number of personal cognomina appear among the Scandilii, some of which were the original names of freedmen who had assumed Roman names when they were manumitted. Of the others, Rufus was a common surname typically given to someone with red hair. Felix referred to someone happy, or fortunate, while Fabatus was derived from faba, a bean, and belonged to a large class of cognomina derived from the names of familiar objects, plants, and animals. Campana belongs to another group of surnames indicating one's place of origin, while Prima was originally a praenomen, given to an eldest daughter.
Members
Publius Scandilius, an eques who brought suit against Verres and his accomplice, Quintus Apronius, for having defrauded Scandilius during Verres' government of Sicily. Verres manipulated the trial in such a way that not only did Scandilius never recover his property, but he forfeited five thousandsestertii given as surety.
Lucius Scandilius Sp. f., named in a mid-first century BC inscription from Amiternum in Sabinum, along with Lucius Scandilius Bargates, apparently his freedman.
Lucius Scandilius L. l. Bargates, a freedman named in a mid-first century BC inscription from Amiternum.
Scandilius, named in a late first century BC funerary inscription from Rome.
Marcus Scandilius Hedonus, buried at Rome in the latter half of the first century BC.
Scandilius Rufus, named in a late first century BC inscription from Rome.
Gaius Scandilius Philetus, together with his wife, Scandilia Prima, dedicated a first-century monument at Pisae in Etruria to their son, the decurion Gaius Scandilius.
Scandilia Prima, together with her husband, Gaius Scandilius Philetus, dedicated a first-century monument at Pisae to their son, the decurion Gaius Scandilius.
Gaius Scandilius, a decurion at Pisae, where he was buried with a monument from his parents, Gaius Scandilius Philetus and Scandilia Prima, dating to the first century.
Scandilia Musa, buried at Rome, aged sixty, some time in the first century, with a monument from Donatus, a plumber, and slave of the imperial household.
Undated Scandilii
Scandilia, the slave of Marcus Cassius Antiochus, a freedman at Rome.
Aulus Scandilius A. f., the son of Aulus Scandilius and Caesia, named in n inscription from Clusium in Etruria.
Hastia Scandilia, named in an inscription from Clusium.
Marcus Scandilius, named in an inscription from Philippi in Macedonia.
