The gens Accoleia was a plebeian family at Rome

Ancient Rome

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 during the 1st century BC Most of what is known of the family comes from various coins and inscriptions.

Praenomina used by the gens

The only praenomina known to have been used by the gens

Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...

are Publius

Publius (praenomen)

Publius is a Latin praenomen, or personal name. It was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and was very common at all periods of Roman history. It gave rise to the patronymic gens Publilia, and perhaps also gens Publicia. The feminine form is Publia...

and Lucius

Lucius (praenomen)

Lucius is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was one of the most common names throughout Roman history. The feminine form is Lucia . The praenomen was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to the patronymic gentes Lucia and Lucilia, as well as the cognomen Lucullus...

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Branches and cognomina of the gens

Three cognomina are known to have been used by members of this family: Lariscolus, Euhermerus, and Abascantus. Since the gens does not seem to have been very large, these were probably personal, rather than hereditary surnames.

Members of the gens

• Publius Accoleius Lariscolus, triumvir monetalis
  Moneyer
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  in 43 BC.
• Publius Accoleius Euhemerus, from an inscription.
• Lucius Accoleius Abascantus, from an inscription.