Tebana gens

The gens Tebana was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Although no members of this gens are mentioned in history, they appear in inscriptions beginning in the early part of the first century. Publius Tebanus Gavidius Latiaris obtained the praetorship under the emperor Claudius.

Origin
The nomen Tebanus belongs to a class of gentilicia formed using either the derivative suffix -anus, or the adjectival form -anius, although the form Tebanius is not found in inscriptions. These nomina were frequently derived from the names of towns, although they could also be based on other gentilicia or cognomina. The Tebani were probably of Samnite origin, as all of the inscriptions of this gens not from Rome are from towns in Samnium.

Praenomina
Most of the Tebani known from epigraphy bore the praenomen Publius, although one early inscription shows that this gens also used Gaius and Titus.

Members

 * Tebana P. l. Hamilla, a freedwoman, dedicated a tomb at Rome, dating from the first half of the first century, for her husband, Gaius Lusius Bucolus, aged eighteen years, three months, and ten days.
 * Titus Tebanus C. f. Ja[...], buried in a first-century tomb at Furfo in Samnium.
 * Publius Tebanus St[...], a nomenclator, a type of secretary responsible for keeping track of clients or slaves, named in a first-century inscription from Rome.
 * Publius Tebanus P. f., one of the decemviri stlitibus judicandis, mentioned in an inscription found at the site of modern Barete, formerly part of Samnium, and dating from the reign of Nero. He might be the same person as Publius Tebanus Gavidius Latiaris.
 * Publius Tebanus P. f. Gavidius Latiaris, had served as quaestor, tribune of the plebs, and praetor under Claudius. His career was commemorated in an inscription from Aveia in Samnium, dating between the death of Claudius and the end of the first century.
 * Publius Tebanus Restitutus, together with Pompeia Tyche, dedicated a second-century tomb at Rome for his colleague, Titus Flavius Aprilis.
 * Tebana Amanda, dedicated a tomb at Amiternum in Samnium, dating from the latter half of the second century, for her son, Publius Pompuledius Amandus.
 * Tebana P. f. Celsa, named in an inscription from Amiternum.