A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

plebeian, of which the cognomens are DIVES, HERENNIUS (? see Liv. 22.34), SULCA, TAMPHILUS: the last is the only surname which appears on coins, where it is written Tampilus. (Eckhel, v. p. 149.) The first member of the gens who obtained the consulship was Cn. Baebius Tamphilus, in B. C. 182. For those whose cognomen is not mentioned, see BAEBIUS.