The gens Saturia was an obscure plebeian family of equestrian rank at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned in the time of Cicero, and a number of them had distinguished military careers, but none of them attained any of the higher offices of the Roman State.
Origin
The nomen Saturius seems to be derived from satur, meaning "full", "plump", or "fertile", and is probably derived from the cognomen Saturus, as is the related Saturio. The Saturii were probably of Sabine or Picentine ancestry, as several of them bore the surnames Sabinus and Picens, both belonging to a common class of cognomen alluding to one's origins, and a number of the family resided at Asculum in Picenum.
Praenomina
The main praenomina of the Saturii were Gaius, Lucius, and Publius, three of the most common names throughout Roman history.
Members
Saturia C. f., named in an inscription from Caere, dating to the second or first century BC. Publius Saturius, one of the judges who presided over the trial of Aulus Cluentius Habitus, and later opposed Cicero in the trial of the actor Quintus Roscius. Decimus Saturius L. l. Dama, a freedman who built a tomb at Rome for himself, Saturia Philoclea, and their household, dating to the first century BC. Saturia D. l. Philoclea, a freedwoman, perhaps of Decimus Saturius Dama, who built a tomb at Rome for them and their household in the first century BC. Saturia P. l. Rufa, a freedwoman named in an inscription from Falerii Nova, dating to the time of Augustus. Lucius Saturius Admetus, the freedman of Januarius, buried at Asculum in Picenum, in the first half of the first century AD. Saturius, the slave of Scaevinus, named in an inscription from Interamna Lirenas in Latium, dating to AD 38. Titus Saturius T. f. Celer, buried at Firmum in Picenum, in the first century. Marcus Saturius, one of the municipal duumvirs at Pompeii in Campania. Gaius Saturius Secundus, a cavalry prefect in Rhaetia during the reigns of Vespasian and Titus, named in inscriptions from Guntia, Augusta Vindelicorum, and Germanicum. Saturius Firmus, the son-in-law of Asinius Rufus, one of the intimate friends of both Tacitus and the younger Pliny, who speaks warmly of Saturius. Saturius, decurion of the chamberlains, was one of the assassins of Domitian in AD 96. Publius Saturius Sabinus, named in a first or second century inscription from Rome. Saturius, a scriba associated with a freedman of Trajan, buried at Rome together with his wife, Aurelia Severa, children, Januarius Aurelius Fortunatus and Victorinus, and foster-son, Saturius Felix. Saturius Felix, the foster-son of the scribe Saturius. Marcus Saturius M. f. Maximus, a native of Celeia in Noricum, was an eques serving in the tenth cohort of the Praetorian Guard at Rome, where he was buried some time in the second century, aged thirty, having served for twelve years. His heirs erected a monument in his memory. Gaius Saturius Sabinus, a native of Truentum, was a soldier serving in the century of Granius at Rome, circa AD 208.