Thegens Statilia was aplebeian family ofLucanian origin atancient Rome. Members of thisgens are first mentioned in the third century BC, when one of them led the Lucanian assault on the city ofThurii, and another commanded an alliedcavalry troop during theSecond Punic War; but at Rome the Statilii first come to attention in the time ofCicero, at which point they heldequestrian rank. The first of the family to attain theconsulship wasTitus Statilius Taurus in 37 BC, and his descendants continued to fill the highest offices of the Roman state until the time ofMarcus Aurelius.^[1]

ThenomenStatilius belongs to a class of gentilicia ending in the suffix-ilius, derived from other names ending in the diminutive suffix-ulus.^[2]Statilius is a derivative of the commonOscanpraenomenStatius, the diminutive of which may have beenStatulus. The same praenomen also gave rise to theStatia gens.^[3]

The earliest Statilii bore common Oscan praenomina, such asSthenius (orStatius) andMarius. In the lateRepublic, we findLucius andQuintus, both among the most common praenomina throughout all periods of Roman history. The consular families from the first centuries of theEmpire usedTitus to the exclusion of all other regular praenomina, although two of the Statilii Tauri exchanged their original praenomina for the namesSisenna andTaurus. In the case ofTaurus, the name was simply the cognomen of the family used as a praenomen, whileSisenna commemorated the descent of the family from theCornelii Sisennae, a noble family of the Republic, through a female line.

The most important branch of the Statilii bore thecognomenTaurus, referring to a bull, and belonging to a large class of surnames derived from the names of animals and everyday objects.^[4] This family remained prominent from the end of the Republic to the reign ofClaudius, and its name appears on coins of the era.^[1]

Corvinus, borne as a surname by one of the consular Statilii, was inherited from his grandfather,Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, consul in 31 BC, a descendant of the illustrious house of theValerii Messallae, and ofMarcus Valerius Corvus, who obtained his cognomen when, as a young soldier, he defeated a giantGaul in single combat, with the apparently divine intervention of a raven, orcorvus.^[5][6][7]

A later family of the Statilii bore the cognominaMaximus andSeverus, both common surnames throughout Roman history.Titus Statilius Maximus Severus Hadrianus, consul in AD 115, was the descendant of wealthySyrian colonists.^[8]Maximus, the superlative ofMagnus, "great", could have described someone of great stature or high achievement, but was more often used to designate the eldest of several brothers.^[9]Severus was used to describe someone whose manner was "stern" or "serious".^[9]

This list includes abbreviatedpraenomina. For an explanation of this practice, seefiliation.

• Sthenius or Statius Statilius,^[i] the leader of theLucanians againstThurii early in the third century BC. At Rome, thetribune of the plebs Gaius Aelius passed a measure condemning Statilius, for which he was honoured by the Thurians.^[10][11][12]
• Marius Statilius, the leader of a Lucanian cavalry troop, serving under theconsulLucius Aemilius Paullus in 216 BC, during theSecond Punic War. After Paullus and his army were destroyed at theBattle of Cannae, Statilius questioned his devotion to the Roman cause, until reassured by the praises ofQuintus Fabius Maximus.^{[13][14][15][16]}
• Lucius Statilius, aneques, and one ofCatiline's conspirators, was imprisoned along with several of his colleagues in theTullianum, where they were strangled on the orders ofCicero.^[17][18][19]
• Statilius, an actor of mean ability, with whom Cicero contrasts Quintus Roscius.^[20]
• Lucius Statilius, one of theaugurs, mentioned by Cicero in 45 BC.^[21]
• Statilius, a disciple ofCato the Younger, alongside whom he wished to perish by his own hand during theCivil War. He was saved by his friends, and after the death ofCaesar, joined the army of theLiberatores, falling in battle atPhilippi.^[22]
• Quintus Statilius, was electedtribune of the plebs for 29 BC, but removed from office byOctavian, when he was reducing the numbers of thesenate.^[23][24]
• Statilius Capella, an eques fromSabratha inAfrica, whose mistress,Flavia Domitilla, became the wife ofVespasian.^[25][26]
• Titus Statilius Crito, better known asCriton of Heraclea, the physician ofTrajan, whom he accompanied toDacia. In addition to works on medicine, cosmetics, and perhaps also cookery, he wrote a history of theDacians andGetae, known as theGetica, which probably formed part of the basis for Trajan'sDe Bello Dacico, now lost, along with all of Criton's works, except for fragments and quotations preserved by other writers.^[27][28]
• Statilius Secundus, governor of an uncertain province, received arescript from the emperorHadrian, concerning whether and how to punish soldiers whose prisoners had escaped their custody.^[29][30]
• Statilius Cassius Taurinus, inducted into theArval Brethren in AD 155.^[31][32]
• Statilius Attalus, physician to the emperorMarcus Aurelius.
• Statilius Corfulenus, asenator who proposed honours for the emperorClodius Albinus, and who was derided in a letter fromSeptimius Severus for doing so.^[33][34]
• Titus Statilius Barbarus, consulsuffectus in AD 198 or 199. He had been adecemvir stlitibus judicandis,quaestor,praetor, andgovernor ofThracia. After his consulship, he was governor ofGermania Superior.^{[35][36][37][38]}
• Titus Statilius Silianus, a member of the Arval Brethren during the early third century.^[39][40]
• Statilius Ammianus, governor ofRoman Egypt AD 271–273.^[41]
• Statilius Flaccus, the author of severalepigrams in theGreek Anthology.^{[42][43][44][45]}
• Statilius Maximus, a grammarian, and the author ofDe Singularibus apud Ciceronem, together with commentaries onCato andSallust. His work is repeatedly quoted byCharisius.^[46]

• Titus Statilius T. f. Taurus, consulsuffectus in 37 BC, afterward commandedAntony's fleet in the war againstSextus Pompeius. After securingAfrica, he was granted atriumph in 34. He ledOctavian's army at theBattle of Actium in 31, and held the consulship a second time in 26. He wasPraefectus Urbi in 16 BC. He built the first stoneamphitheatre at Rome, which stood from 30 BC until theGreat Fire in AD 64.^{[47][48][49][50][51][52][53]}
• Titus Statilius T. f. T. n. Taurus,triumvir monetalis at an uncertain date, died before achieving higher office.^[54]
• Titus Statilius T. f. T. n. Taurus, consul in AD 11.^[55][56]
• Statilia T. f. T. n., daughter of Titus Statilius Taurus, the consul of 37 and 26 BC, marriedLucius Calpurnius Piso, consul in 1 BC. She is probably the Statilia who reportedly reached the age of ninety-nine, and died during the reign ofClaudius.^[57][58][59]
• Titus Statilius T. f. T. n. Sisenna Taurus, orSisenna Statilius Taurus, consul in AD 16. He was a member of theCollege of Pontiffs, and when at Rome, lived in the house once owned by Cicero, and originally built forMarcus Livius Drusus on thePalatine Hill.^{[60][61][62][63]}
• Titus Statilius T. f. T. n. Taurus, consul in AD 44, and proconsul of Africa from AD 51 to 53. At the instigation ofAgrippina, he was accused, apparently without evidence, of extortion and divination, and took his own life rather than face what he believed would be inevitable condemnation. He was the builder of theHorti Tauriani.^[64][65]
• Titus Statilius T. f. T. n. Statilius Corvinus, also known as Taurus Statilius Corvinus, was consul in AD 45. The following year, he was among those who conspired against the emperorClaudius. He may have been put to death, but his fate is uncertain; some of the conspirators were exiled.^{[66][67][7][68]}
• Statilia T. f. T. n. Corvinus, the sister of Corvinus.
• Statilia T. f. T. n. Messalina, probably the daughter or niece of the consul Corvinus, her first husband wasMarcus Julius Vestinus Atticus, consul in AD 65, whose destructionNero wrought because not because of any wrongdoing, but because Atticus was too astute to be deceived by the emperor. Messalina became Nero's mistress, and then his third wife, after the death ofPoppaea Sabina. Messalina was one of the few who survived the downfall of Nero.Otho, who had lost his wife to Nero, promised to marry her, but he fell in theyear of the four emperors.^[69][70][71]
• Titus Statilius T. f. Taurus, mentioned in several inscriptions dating around AD 140, appears to have been a military tribune in theLegio XXII Primigenia, and was buried atMogontiacum inGermania Superior, aged thirty-six, with a monument from his freedman, Statilius Fortunatus.^[72][73]

• Titus Statilius T. l. Optatus, a freedman buried at Rome during the first half of the first century, aged twenty-six, was probably part of the household of Titus Statilius Taurus Corvinus, since a Corvinus is mentioned in the same inscription.^[74]
• Titus Statilius Optatus,praefectus annonae in the late first or early second century, had been amilitary tribune with theLegio VI Victrix and theLegio VI Ferrata, andprefect in charge of the census inBritain andGaul.^[75][76]
• Statilius T. f. Homullus, the elder son of Titus Statilius Optatus, who along with his brother, Optatus, dedicated a late first- or early second-century monument at Rome to their father.^[75][77]
• Statilius T. f. Optatus, the younger son of Titus Statilius Optatus, joined with his brother, Homullus, in dedicating a monument to their father.^[75][78]

• Titus Statilius Maximus Severus Hadrianus, governor of Thracia from AD 112 to 115, and consulsuffectus from February to April, 115, replacingMarcus Pedo Vergilianus, who was killed inan earthquake at Antioch.^[79][80][81]
• Titus Statilius T. f. Maximus, consul in AD 144, and governor ofAsia from 157 to 158.^[82][83]
• Titus Statilius Julius Severus, or Lucius Julius Statilius Severus, consul in an uncertain year, was governor ofMoesia Inferior from AD 159 to 160.^[84][85][86]
• Titus Statilius Severus, consul in AD 171.^[87][88][89]

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