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• Aburius
  Aburia (gens)
  The gens Aburia was a plebeian family at Rome during the latter centuries of the Republic, and the 1st century of the Empire. The first member of this gens to achieve prominence was Marcus Aburius, praetor peregrinus in 176 BC....
  
  
• Accius
  Accia (gens)
  The gens Accia was a Roman family during the late Republic. The gens is known primarily from two individuals, Lucius Accius, a freedman and tragic poet of the 2nd century BC, and Titus Accius, a Roman eques who in 66 BC undertook the prosecution of Aulus Cluentius Habitus, defended by Cicero in...
  
  
• Accoleius
  Accoleia (gens)
  The gens Accoleia was a plebeian family at Rome during the 1st century BC Most of what is known of the family comes from various coins and inscriptions.-Praenomina used by the gens:...
  
  
• Acilius
• Aebutius
  Aebutia (gens)
  The gens Aebutia was a Roman gens that was prominent during the early Republic. The family was originally patrician, but also had plebeian branches...
  
  
• Aedinius - from inscriptions
• Aelius
  Aelia (gens)
  The gens Aelia, occasionally written Ailia, was a plebeian family at Rome, which flourished from the 5th century BC until at least the 3rd century AD, a period of nearly eight hundred years. The archaic spelling Ailia is found on coins, but must not be confused with Allia, which seems to be a...
  
  
• Aemilius
• Albanius - dubious, possibly confused with Albanus or Albinus
• Albatius - no references seen online, not in Perseus
• Allectius
• Amatius
  Amatius
  Amatius was a per­son of low origin who pretended to be either the son or grandson of the great Roman general Gaius Marius. On the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, Amatius came forward as a popular leader, and erected an altar to Caesar on the spot where his body had been burnt...
  
  
• Annius
  Annia (gens)
  The gens Annia was a plebeian family of considerable antiquity at Rome. The first person of this name whom Titus Livius mentions is the Latin praetor Lucius Annius of Setia, a Roman colony in 340 BC. By the time of the Second Punic War, the Annii were obtaining minor magistracies at Rome, and in...
  
  
• Antistius
  Antistia (gens)
  The gens Antistia, sometimes written Antestia, was a plebeian family at Rome. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Sextus Antistius, tribune of the people in 422 BC.-Praenomina used by the gens:...
  
  
• Antius
• Antonius
  Antonia (gens)
  The gens Antonia was a Roman family of great antiquity, with both patrician and plebeian branches. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Titus Antonius Merenda, one of the second group of Decemviri called, in 450 BC, to help draft what became the Law of the Twelve Tables.-Origin of the...
  
  
• Appuleius
  Appuleia (gens)
  The gens Appuleia, occasionally written Apuleia, was a plebeian family at Rome, which flourished from the 5th century BC into imperial times. The first of the gens to achieve importance was Lucius Appuleius, tribune of the plebs in 391 BC....
  
  
• Aquillius
• Armenius
• Arrius
  Arria (gens)
  The gens Arria was a plebeian family at Rome, which appears in the 1st century BC, and became quite large in imperial times. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Quintus Arrius, praetor in 72 BC.-Praenomina used by the gens:...
  
  
• Arsinius
• Artorius
  Artorius
  Artorius was the family name of a Roman gens of obscure and contested etymology.Several Italian scholars consider the name to be of Messapic origin, connecting it with the Messapic gens name Artorres, likely a derivative of the Messapic name Artas , of uncertain meaning.An alternate etymology...
  
  
• Asinius
  Asinia (gens)
  The gens Asinia was a plebeian family at Rome, which rose to prominence during the 1st century BC. The first person of the name of Asinius, who occurs in history, is Herius Asinius, in the Marsic War, 90 BC.-Origin of the gens:...
  
  
• Ateius
  Ateia (gens)
  The gens Ateia was a plebeian family at Rome. The gens does not appear to have been particularly large or important, and is known from a small number of individuals.-Members of the gens:...
  
  
• Atius
  Atia (gens)
  The gens Atia, sometimes written Attia, was a plebeian family at Rome. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Lucius Atius, a military tribune in 178 BC. Several of the Atii served in the Civil War between Caesar and Pompeius...
  
  
• Atilius
• Atrius
• Atronius
• Attius - see Atius
  Atia (gens)
  The gens Atia, sometimes written Attia, was a plebeian family at Rome. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Lucius Atius, a military tribune in 178 BC. Several of the Atii served in the Civil War between Caesar and Pompeius...
  
  
• Aufidius
  Aufidia (gens)
  The gens Aufidia was a plebeian family at Rome, which is not known till the later times of the Republic. The first member to obtain the consulship was Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes, in 71 BC.-Praenomina used by the gens:...
  
  
• Aurelius
• Ausonius
  Ausonius
  Decimius Magnus Ausonius was a Latin poet and rhetorician, born at Burdigala .-Biography:Decimius Magnus Ausonius was born in Bordeaux in ca. 310. His father was a noted physician of Greek ancestry and his mother was descended on both sides from long-established aristocratic Gallo-Roman families...
  
  
• Avidius
• Avitus
  Avitus (gens)
  Avitus was the nomen of a Roman gens, used also as a cognomen.Among the most notable Aviti are:* Julius Avitus , brother-in-law of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus...
  
  
• Axius
  Axia (gens)
  The gens Axia, also spelled Axsia, was a plebeian family at Rome during the final century of the Republic. The gens does not appear to have been particularly large or important, although at least some of the family were reasonably wealthy....
  
  

B

• Babudius
• Baebius
• Balventius
  Balventia (gens)
  The gens Balventia was a Roman family during the late Republic. It is known chiefly from a single individual, Titus Balventius, a primus pilus in the command of Quintus Titurius Sabinus in Gaul. He was severely wounded in the attack made by Ambiorix in 54 B.C....
  
  
• Bantius
  Bantia (gens)
  The gens Bantia was a Roman family during the time of the Republic. It is known chiefly from a single member, Lucius Bantius. He was a native of Nola in Campania and served in the Roman army at the Battle of Cannae in 216 B.C. Bantius was wounded and captured by Hannibal, but was treated kindly...
  
  
• Barbatius
  Barbatia (gens)
  The gens Barbatia was a Roman family during the 1st century BC. It may have originated with Marcus Barbatius Philippus, a runaway slave who became a friend of Caesar, and subsequently obtained the praetorship under Marcus Antonius. In 40 BC he was quaestor propraetore under Antonius.-References:...
  
  
• Barrius
• Betilienus
  Betiliena (gens)
  The gens Betiliena was a Roman family known from the early decades of the imperial era. It is known chiefly from two individuals. Betilienus Bassus was triumvir monetalis in the reign of Augustus, and is probably the same man who was later put to death by order of Caligula in AD 40...
  
  
• Betucius
  Betucia (gens)
  The gens Betucia was a Roman family during the late Republic. It is best known as a result of the orator, Titus Betucius Barrus, a native of Asculum in Picenum. Cicero described him as the most eloquent of all orators outside of Rome. He also delivered a famous speech at Rome against Quintus...
  
  
• Blandius
• Blossius
  Blossia (gens)
  The gens Blossia, also spelled Blosia was a Roman family of Campanian origin, which came to prominence during the Second Punic War. The most famous member of the gens is probably Gaius Blossius, an intimate friend of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, whom he urged to bring forward his agrarian law...
  
  
• Bruccius possibly the same as Bruttius
  Bruttius
  The gens Bruttia was a Roman family during the late Republic and into imperial times. None of the gens obtained any important magistracies until the latter half of the 1st century AD, when Lucius Bruttius Maximus was proconsul in Cyprus....
  
  
• Bruttius
• Bucculeius
  Bucculeia (gens)
  The gens Bucculeia was a Roman family during the late Republic. It is known chiefly from a single individual, Marcus Bucculeius, a legal scholar, mentioned in a humorous anecdote of Cicero, and attributed by him to the orator Lucius Licinius Crassus....
  
  
• Burrienus
  Burriena (gens)
  The gens Burriena was a Roman family during the late Republic. It is known chiefly from a single individual, Gaius Burrienus, praetor urbanus about 82 B.C....
  
  

C

• Caecilius
  Caecilia (gens)
  The gens Caecilia was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens are mentioned in history as early as the 5th century BC, but the first of the Caecilii who obtained the consulship was Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, in 284 BC....
  
  
• Caecina
  Caecina (gens)
  Caecina was the name of an Etruscan family of Volaterrae, one of the ancient cities of Etruria. Persons of this gens are first mentioned in the 1st century BC. Under the Empire the name is of frequent occurrence...
  
  
• Caecius
  Caecia (gens)
  The gens Caecia was a Roman family during the late Republic. It does not seem to have been particularly large or important. Its best-known member was Gaius Caecius, a friend of the younger Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, spoken of by Cicero in 49 B.C....
  
  
• Caedicius
  Caedicia (gens)
  The gens Caedicia was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens first came to prominence in the early decades of the Republic, but the first who obtained the consulship was Quintus Caedicius Noctua in 289 BC...
  
  
• Caelius
  Caelia (gens)
  The gens Caelia or Coelia was a plebeian family at Rome. In manuscripts the nomen is usually written Caelius, while on coins it generally occurs in the form of Coelius or Coilius, though we find on one coin L. Caelius Tax. From the similarity of the names, Caelius is frequently confounded with...
  
  
• Caeparius
  Caeparia (gens)
  The gens Caeparia was a Roman family during the late Republic. It is best known from two individuals: Marcus Caeparius of Tarracina, one of the conspirators of Catiline, who was supposed to induce the people of rural Apulia to revolt, in 63 BC; and another Marcus Caeparius, mentioned by Cicero in...
  
  
• Caepasius
  Caepasia (gens)
  The gens Caepasia was a Roman family during the late Republic. It is best known from two brothers, Gaius and Lucius Hortensius, who obtained the quaestorship through their oratory. Cicero describes them as contemporaries of the orator Quintus Hortensius, and says that they were very industrious,...
  
  
• Caerellius
  Caerellia (gens)
  The gens Caerellia was a minor Roman family during the late Republic and in imperial times. It is known from only a few individuals. Caerellia was a wealthy friend of Cicero, distinguished for her love of philosophical pursuits. Caerellius Priscus was governor of Roman Britain in the late 2nd...
  
  
• Caesennius
  Caesennia (gens)
  The gens Caesennia was an Etruscan family at Tarquinii during the late Republic and in imperial times. Two of its members were mentioned by Cicero, and the name is found in sepulchral inscriptions.-Members of the gens:...
  
  
• Caesetius
  Caesetia (gens)
  The gens Caesetia was a Roman family during the late Republic. It is known from a small number of individuals.-Members of the gens:* Publius Caesetius, the quaestor of Verres.* Gaius Caesetius, an eques, who entreated Caesar to pardon Quintus Ligarius....
  
  
• Caesius
• Caesonius
  Caesonia (gens)
  The gens Caesonia was a plebeian family at Rome, during the late Republic and into imperial times.-Origin of the gens:The nomen Caesonius is a patronymic surname, based on the praenomen Caeso, which must have belonged to the ancestor of the gens.-Members of the gens:* Marcus Caesonius, praetor,...
  
  
• Caesulenus
  Caesulena (gens)
  The gens Caesulena was a Roman family during the late Republic. It is best known from the orator Lucius Caesulenus, whom Cicero describes as a vulgar man, skilled at drawing suspicions upon persons, and in making them out to be criminals. He was already an old man when Cicero heard him....
  
  
• Caetronius
  Caetronia (gens)
  The gens Caetronia was a Roman family during the early decades of the Empire. It is best known from Gaius Caetronius, legate of the first legion in Germania at the accession of the emperor Tiberius. Following a mutiny of the soldiers, Caetronius held a court martial at which the leaders were...
  
  
• Calavius
  Calavia (gens)
  The gens Calavia was a distinguished Campanian family of Roman times. Several members of the gens were involved in the events of the Samnite Wars and during the Second Punic War...
  
  
• Calidius
  Calidia (gens)
  The gens Calidia or Callidia was a Roman family during the final century of the Republic. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Quintus Calidius, tribune of the plebs in 99 and praetor in 79 B.C.-Origin of the gens:...
  
  
• Calpurnius
• Calventius
• Calvisius
  Calvisius
  The gens Calvisia was a Roman family, which first rose to prominence during the final century of the Republic, and remained influential well into imperial times. The first of the gens to obtain the consulship was Gaius Calvisius Sabinus in 39 BC...
  
  
• Camilius
• Camillius
• Camelius
• Canidius
  Canidia (gens)
  The gens Canidia was a Roman family of the late Republic. It is best known from a single individual, Publius Canidius Crassus, consul suffectus in 40 B.C., and the chief general of Marcus Antonius. Canidia was also a sobriquet bestowed upon Gratidia, a Neapolitan hetaera who had deserted the poet...
  
  
• Caninius
  Caninia (gens)
  The gens Caninia was a plebeian family at Rome during the later Republic. The first member of the gens who obtained any of the curule offices was Gaius Caninius Rebilus, praetor in 171 BC; but the first Caninius who was consul was his namesake, Gaius Caninius Rebilus, in 45 BC.-Origin of the...
  
  
• Canius
  Cania (gens)
  The gens Cania was a Roman family during the late Republic and in imperial times. None of its members obtained any important magistracies.-Members of the gens:...
  
  
• Cantilius
  Cantilia (gens)
  The gens Cantilia was a Roman family during the late Republic. It is known chiefly from a single individual, Lucius Cantilius, secretary of the pontiffs in 216 B.C., during the Second Punic War....
  
  
• Cantius
  Cantia (gens)
  The gens Cantia was a plebeian family at Rome. It is known primarily from a single individual, Marcus Cantius, tribune of the plebs in 293 B.C. He brought an indictment against Lucius Postumius Megellus, one of the consuls of the preceding year. Postumius, however, was appointed legate to the...
  
  
• Canuleius
  Canuleia (gens)
  The gens Canuleia was a plebeian family at Rome. Although members of the gens are known throughout the period of the Roman Republic, none of them ever obtained the consulship...
  
  
• Canutius
  Canutia (gens)
  The gens Canutia or Cannutia was a plebeian family at Rome. The gens appears toward the end of the Republic, and is best known from two individuals, the orator Publius Canutius, and Tiberius Canutius, tribune of the plebs in 44 B.C., the year of Caesar's assassination...
  
  
• Caprenius
• Carius
  Cariús
  Cariús is a town and municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...
  
  
• Caristanius
  Caristanius
  Caristanius is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Heinrich in 1956.-Species:*Caristanius decoloralis *Caristanius guatemalella *Caristanius minimus Neunzig, 1977...
  
  
• Carvilius
  Carvilia (gens)
  The gens Carvilia was a plebeian gens at Rome, which first distinguished itself during the Samnite Wars. The first member of the gens to achieve the consulship was Spurius Carvilius Maximus, in 293 BC.-Praenomina used by the gens:...
  
  
• Cassius
• Ceionius
  Ceionia (gens)
  The gens Ceionia was a Roman family of imperial times. The first member of the gens to obtain the consulship was Lucius Ceionius Commodus in AD 78. The rise of this family culminated in the elevation of the emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus, born Lucius Ceionius Commodus, in AD 161.-Origin of the...
  
  
• Cicereius
  Cicereia (gens)
  The gens Cicereia was a Roman family during the time of the Republic. It is known primarily from a single individual, Gaius Cicereius, the scriba, or secretary, of Scipio Africanus, who was elected praetor in 173 B.C. He obtained the province of Sardinia, but was ordered by the senate to conduct...
  
  
• Cilnius
  Cilnia (gens)
  The gens Cilnia was an Etruscan family during the time of the Roman Republic. The gens is best known from Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, a trusted friend and advisor of Augustus, who was famous for his immense wealth and patronage of the arts....
  
  
• Cincius
  Cincia (gens)
  The gens Cincia was a plebeian family at Rome. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Lucius Cincius Alimentus, who was elected praetor in 209 BC.-Praenomina used by the gens:...
  
  
• Cispius
  Cispia (gens)
  The gens Cispia was a plebeian family at Rome. Although the gens was supposedly of great antiquity, the Cispii only achieved prominence toward the end of the Republic.-Origin of the gens:...
  
  
• Claudius
  Claudius (gens)
  The gens Claudia, sometimes written Clodia, was one of the most prominent patrician houses at Rome. The gens traced its origin to the earliest days of the Roman Republic...
  
  
• Clodius
  Clodius
  Clodius is an alternate form of the Roman nomen Claudius, a patrician gens that was traditionally regarded as Sabine in origin. The alternation of o and au is characteristic of the Sabine dialect...
  
  
• Cloelius
• Clovius
• Cluilius
• Cluntius
• Coiedius
• Cominius
• Coruncanius
  Coruncanii
  Coruncanius was the nomen of the gens Corancanii, who apparently originated in Tusculum.Tacitus refers to the family as being from Camerium, which is presumably a reference to Cameria, one of the cities conquered by Tarquinius Priscus for Rome.-Notable Coruncanii from the Republic:* Tiberius...
  
  
• Cordius
• Cornelius
• Cosconius
• Curius
• Curtius

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• Decumius - from inscriptions, not otherwise noted
• Desticius
  Desticius
  Desticius is a Roman nomen.* Titus Desticius Juba, governor in Roman Britain, 250s* Titus Desticius Severus, governor in Raetia c. 166...
  
   - at least two governors known from inscriptions
• Dexsius - L. Dexsius Longinus mentioned in an inscription of 119
  119
  Year 119 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hadrianus and Rusticus...
  
   AD http://www.archeologhia.com/CIL/txt/Inschriften/cil03/iljug-03.txt
• Didius
  Didius
  Didius was a nomen of Ancient Rome. The gens Didia was of plebeian status. Notable individuals include:* Titus Didius, Roman politician and general of the 1st century BC....
  
  
• Dillius
• Domitius
• Dossenius - no mentions seen online, but speculated as origin of name of Dossenheim
  Dossenheim
  Dossenheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It is located on Bergstrasse and Bertha Benz Memorial Route.-Location:...
  
  
• Duccius - inscriptions, notably a tombstone of Lucius Duccius Rufinus at York
  York
  York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
  
   http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/contents/iconog/tombston/cent1/uk/york/duccius.htm
• Duronius
  Duronius
  Duronius was a nomen of ancient Rome.Marcus Duronius was a tribune about 97 BC. He abrogated a sumptuary law, the Lex Licinia, and was expelled from the Roman Senate by the censors. ....
  
   - at least two officials of the Republic
• Egnatius
  Egnatius
  Gellius Egnatius was the leader of the Samnites during the Third Samnite War, which broke out in 298 BC. By the end of the second campaign the Samnites appeared completely defeated, however in the following year Gallius Egnatius marched into Etruria, and roused the Etruscans to a close co-operation...
  
  
• Epidius
  Epidius
  Epidius was an Ancient Roman rhetorician who taught the art of oratory towards the close of the republic, numbering Marcus Antonius and Octavianus among his scholars...
  
  
• Equitius
  Equitius
  Saint Equitius was an abbot of the 6th century. He was born between 480 and 490 in the region of Valeria Suburbicaria . Gregory the Great refers to Equitius in his Dialogues , and states that Equitius was a follower of Saint Benedict of Nursia...
  
  

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• Fabius
  Fabius
  The gens Fabia was one of the most ancient patrician families at Rome. The gens played a prominent part in history soon after the establishment of the Republic, and three brothers are said to have been invested with seven successive consulships, from BC 485 to 479...
  
  
• Fadius
• Faenius
• Falerius
• Favonius
• Festinius - mentioned online at http://www.roman-britain.org/places/deva.htm, seen on a tombstone of a two-year-old child
• Flavius
  Flavius
  Flavius was a gens of ancient Rome, meaning "blond". The feminine form was Flavia.After the end of the popular Flavian dynasty of emperors, Flavius/Flavia became a praenomen, common especially among royalty: the adoption of this praenomen by Constantine I set a precedent for some imperial...
  
  
• Flavinius
• Flavonius - inscriptions
• Floridius - no Romans seen online, a bishop of Tarazona
  Tarazona
  Tarazona is a municipality in the Spanish province of Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarazona and the capital of the Tarazona y el Moncayo Aragonese comarca.- History :...
  
   in 611
  611
  Year 611 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 611 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Births :* Eudoxia Epiphania, the only daughter of the...
  
  
• Florius
• Floronius - inscriptions
• Fufius
• Fulcinius
• Fulvius
  Fulvius
  Fulvius was the nomen of the gens Fulvia, a patrician gens of ancient Rome that originally came from Tusculum. They were originally a plebeian family but were upgraded to patricians soon after the Roman Republic was formed...
  
  
• Fundanus
• Furius

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• Gabinius
  Gabinius
  Gabinius was a Roman nomen of several historical figures, including:* Aulus Gabinius, consul 58 BC* Publius Gabinius Capito, supporter of Catiline* Publius Gabinius Secundus Chaucius , general under Claudius...
  
  
• Galerius
  Galerius
  Galerius , was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311. During his reign he campaigned, aided by Diocletian, against the Sassanid Empire, sacking their capital Ctesiphon in 299. He also campaigned across the Danube against the Carpi, defeating them in 297 and 300...
  
  
• Gavius
  Gavius
  Gavius was the nomen of the ancient Roman gens Gavia. The Gavi Arch in Verona was built in honor of the gens.* Gavius Bassus, Latin grammarian at time of Cicero* Gavius Silo, orator heard by Augustus Caesar in 26 BC, mentioned by Seneca...
  
  
• Geganius
• Gellius
• Granius
• Grattius
  Grattius
  Grattius was a Roman poet of the age of Augustus. He was the author of a Cynegetica, a poem on hunting, of which 541 hexameter lines remain. He describes various kinds of game, methods of hunting, and the best breeds of horses and dogs....
  
  
• Gratidius
• Helvetius
• Helvius
• Herennius
• Herminius
  Herminia (gens)
  The gens Herminia was an ancient patrician house at Rome. Members of the gens appear during the first war between the Roman Republic and the Etruscans, circa 508 BC, and from then to 448 BC...
  
  
• Hirtius
• Horatius
  Horatia (gens)
  The gens Horatia was an ancient patrician family at Rome. In legend, the gens dates back to the time of Tullus Hostilius, the third King of Rome. One of its members, Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, was consul suffectus in 509 BC, the first year of the Republic, and again in 507...
  
  
• Hortensius
• Hosidius
  Hosidius
  The gens Hosidius or Hosidia was a nomen of Ancient Rome. Various members included:* Hosidius Geta - playwright* Gnaeus Hosidius Geta - Roman General and Senator of the 1st century...
  
  
• Hostilius
  Hostilia (gens)
  thumb|250px|Tullus Hostilius defeating the army of [[Veii]] and [[Fidenae]], modern fresco.The gens Hostilia was an ancient family at Rome, which traced its origin to the time of Romulus. The most famous member of the gens was Tullus Hostilius, the third King of Rome; however, all of the Hostilii...
  
  

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• Icilius
• Insteius
• Julius
• Junius
• Juventius
• Laberius
• Labienus
• Laelius
• Laetorius
• Lafrenius
• Lampronius - Italian noble of the Lucani
  Lucani
  Lučani is a town and municipality located in the Dragačevo region within the Moravica District of Serbia . The population of the town is 3,425, while population of the municipality was 20,855....
  
  
• Lartius
  Lartia (gens)
  The gens Lartia, sometimes spelled Larcia or Largia, was a patrician family at Rome, distinguished at the beginning of the Republic through two of its members, Titus Lartius, the first dictator, and Spurius Lartius, the companion of Horatius on the wooden bridge. The name soon after disappears...
  
  
• Liburnius
• Licinius
• Livius
  Livius
  Livius is the nomen of an individual male of the Livia gens, a family of ancient Rome. Collectively they were termed the Livii . Any individual female was called Livia. Both male and female names might be qualified by one or more agnomina. Males in addition had a praenomen...
  
  
• Lollius
  Lollia (gens)
  The gens Lollia was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of the gens do not appear at Rome until the last century of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the consulship was Marcus Lollius, in 21 BC.-Origin of the gens:...
  
  
• Longinius
• Loreius - House of Loreius Tiburtinus
  House of Loreius Tiburtinus
  The House of Loreius Tiburtinus is renowned for its meticulous and well preserved artwork as well as its large gardens. It is located in the famed Roman city of Pompeii...
  
   in Pompeii
  Pompeii
  The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning...
  
  
• Lucceius
• Lucilius
  Lucilius
  Lucilius is the nomen of the gens Lucilia of ancient Rome.*Gaius Lucilius, satirist 2nd century BC. Lucilius was credited by Horace and others with originating the genre of satire.*Lucilius Junior, friend and correspondent of the younger Seneca....
  
  
• Lucius
• Lucretius
  Lucretia (gens)
  The gens Lucretia was a prominent family of the Roman Republic. Originally patrician, the gens later included a number of plebeian families. The Lucretii were one of the most ancient gentes, and the wife of Numa Pompilius, the second King of Rome, was named Lucretia...
  
  
• Lusius
• Lutatius
  Lutatius
  Lutatius was the name of an ancient Roman family . They rose into prominence during the First Punic War and produced several consuls during the subsequent generations, but were not one of the gentes maiores. The Lutatii were noble plebeians....
  
  

M

• Macrinius
• Maecilius
• Maelius
• Mallius
• Mamilius
• Manlius
• Manilius
• Marcius
• Marius
  Maria (gens)
  The gens Maria was a plebeian family at Rome. Its most celebrated member was Gaius Marius, one of the greatest generals of antiquity, and seven times consul.-Origin of the gens:...
  
  
• Matius
• Maximius
• Memmius
• Menenius
  Menenia (gens)
  The gens Menenia was a very ancient and illustrious patrician house at Rome from the earliest days of the Roman Republic to the first half of the 4th century BC. The first of the family to obtain the consulship was Agrippa Menenius Lanatus in 503 BC...
  
  
• Messienus
• Metilius
• Milonius
  Milonius
  Mystacomyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*M. rubriventris van der Wulp, 1890*M. scordala...
  
  
• Minicius
• Minucius
• Modius
  Modia (gens)
  The gens Modia was a minor family at Ancient Rome, known from a small number of individuals.-Praenomina used by the gens:The Modii are known to have used the praenomina Quintus, Septimus, Marcus, Gaius, and Lucius.-Members of the gens:...
  
  
• Mucius
  Mucia (gens)
  The gens Mucia was an ancient and noble patrician house at Rome. The gens is first mentioned at the earliest period of the Republic, but in later times the family was known primarily by its plebeian branches.-Origin of the gens:...
  
  
• Munatius
• Munius
• Murrius

N-O

• Naevius
• Nasennius
• Nemetorius
• Nepius
• Nigidius
• Nigilius
• Ninnius
  Ninnia (gens)
  The gens Ninnia was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of the gens first appear at Capua during the Second Punic War, and are found at Rome towards the end of the Republic.-Origin of the gens:...
  
  
• Nipius
• Norbanus
• Novius
• Numerius
• Octavius
  Augustus
  Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
  
  
• Olcinius
• Oppius
• Opsius
• Oranius
• Otacilius

P

• Palpellius
• Papinius
• Papirius
  Papirius
  Papirius is the name of a gens whose most notable members were active mainly during the Roman Republic.*Papirius, pontifex in 509 BC, was the author of a supposed collection of Leges Regiae, referred to as the Ius Papirianum....
  
  
• Papius
• Pedius
• Peltrasius
• Pescennius
• Petellius
• Petilius
• Petillius
• Petronius
  Petronius
  Gaius Petronius Arbiter was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian age.-Life:...
  
  
• Pinarius
• Piscius
• Pisentius
• Placidius
• Plautius
• Plinius
• Plotius
• Pollius
• Pompeius
• Pompilius
  Pompilia (gens)
  The gens Pompilia was a plebeian family at Rome during the time of the Republic. The only member of the gens to achieve any prominence in the state was Sextus Pompilius, who was tribune of the plebs in 420 BC; however, persons by this name are occasionally found throughout the history of the...
  
  
• Pomponius
  Pomponia (gens)
  The gens Pomponia was a plebeian family at Rome throughout the period of the Republic and into imperial times. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Marcus Pomponius, tribune of the plebs in 449 BC; the first who obtained the consulship was Manius Pomponius Matho in 233 BC.-Origin of the...
  
  
• Pomptinus
• Pontidius
• Pontius
• Popidius
• Portius
• Postumius
  Postumia (gens)
  The gens Postumia was one of the most ancient patrician gentes at Rome. Its members frequently held the highest office of the state, from the banishment of the kings to the downfall of the Republic...
  
  
• Potitius
  Potitia (gens)
  The gens Potitia was one of the most ancient patrician families at Rome. It never attained any historical importance.The story of the Potitii is inextricably intertwined with that of the Pinarii. According to legend, a generation before the Trojan War, Hercules came to Italy, where he was received...
  
  
• Paesentius
• Publicius
• Pupius

Q-R

• Quinctilius
• Quinctius
• Quirinius
  Quirinius
  Publius Sulpicius Quirinius was a Roman aristocrat. After the banishment of the ethnarch Herod Archelaus from the tetrarchy of Judea in AD 6, Quirinius was appointed legate governor of Syria, to which the province of Iudaea had been added for the purpose of a census.-Life:Born in the neighborhood...
  
  
• Rabirius
• Rufius
• Rufrius
• Rusonius
• Rutilius

S

• Sabucius
• Sallustius
  Sallustius
  Sallustius or Sallust was a 4th-century Latin writer, a friend of the Roman Emperor Julian. He wrote the treatise On the Gods and the Cosmos, a kind of catechism of 4th-century Hellenic paganism. Sallustius' work owes much to that of Iamblichus of Chalcis, who synthesized Platonism with...
  
  
• Salonius
  Salonius
  Saint Salonius was a confessor and bishop of the 5th century. He was born about 400, a son of St. Eucherius of Lyon. He was educated at Lérins Abbey, first by St. Hilary of Arles, then by Salvianus and St. Vincent of Lérins. In 440, he was elected bishop of Geneva and, as such, took part in the...
  
  
• Salvius
  Salvius
  Salvius was a flute player who was proclaimed king by the rebelling slaves of ancient Sicily during the Second Servile War. He assumed the name Tryphon, from Diodotus Tryphon, a Seleucid ruler. For some time, he waged war against the Romans....
  
  
• Scribonius
  Scribonius
  Scribonius or Scribonia is the nomen of the gens Scribonia of Ancient Roman, who lived during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. They were of plebeian status and members included:-Men of the gens:*Gaius Scribonius Curio, consul 76 BC...
  
  
• Secundinius
• Secundius
• Seius
• Sempronius
• Sennius
• Sentius
• Septimius
  Septimia (gens)
  The gens Septimia was a plebeian family at Rome. The gens first appears in history towards the close of the Republic, and they did not achieve much importance until the latter half of the 2nd century, when Lucius Septimius Severus obtained the imperial dignity.-Origin of the gens:The nomen...
  
  
• Sepunius
• Sepurcius
• Sergius
• Sertorius
  Sertoria (gens)
  The gens Sertoria was a Roman family, probably of Sabine origin. It was relatively undistinguished, except for the Roman general Quintus Sertorius , who fought alongside Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna, and later established an independent state in Hispania during the dictatorship of...
  
  
• Servilius
  Servilia (gens)
  The gens Servilia was a patrician family at Rome. The gens was celebrated during the early ages of the Republic, and the names of few gentes appear more frequently at this period in the consular Fasti. It continued to produce men of influence in the state down to the latest times of the Republic,...
  
  
• Sestius
  Sestia (gens)
  The gens Sestia was a family at Rome. The gens was originally patrician, but in later times there were also plebeian members. The only member of the family to obtain the consulship under the Republic was Publius Sestius Capitolinus Vaticanus, in 452 BC.-Origin of the gens:The nomen Sestius is...
  
  
• Sextilius
  Sextilia (gens)
  The gens Sextilia was a plebeian family at Rome. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Gaius Sextilius, consular tribune in 379 BC...
  
  
• Sextius
  Sextia (gens)
  The gens Sextia was a plebeian family at Rome, from the time of the early Republic and continuing into imperial times. The most famous member of the gens was Lucius Sextius Lateranus, who as tribune of the plebs from 376 to 367 BC, prevented the election of the annual magistrates, until the...
  
  
• Sidonius
• Silius
  Silius
  Silius is a town and comune in the province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. As of 2001, it has a population of 1,384....
  
  
• Sittius
• Socellius
• Sornatius
• Spurius
  Spurius (disambiguation)
  Spurius is a genus of passalid beetles.The name Spurius was a Roman praenomen and may also refer to figures from ancient history and/or mythology:*Spurius Maelius*Spurius Tarpeius*Spurius Antius*Spurius Carvilius Ruga...
  
  
• Statius
  Statius
  Publius Papinius Statius was a Roman poet of the 1st century CE . Besides his poetry in Latin, which include an epic poem, the Thebaid, a collection of occasional poetry, the Silvae, and the unfinished epic, the Achilleid, he is best known for his appearance as a major character in the Purgatory...
  
  
• Statilius
• Stertinius
  Stertinius
  Stertinius is a spider genus of the Salticidae family .-Species:* Stertinius balius * Stertinius capucinus Simon, 1902 * Stertinius cyprius Merian, 1911...
  
  
• Suedius
• Sulpicius

T

• Tadius
• Talmudius
• Tanicius - inscriptions, including a prefect Lucius Tanicius Verus at Cadder
  Cadder
  Cadder is a district of the town of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Located 7 km north of Glasgow city centre, 0.5 km south of the River Kelvin, and approximately 1.5 km north-east of Bishopbriggs town centre, sited on the route of the Forth and Clyde Canal...
  
   in Britain
• Tertinius - inscriptions, Tertinius Severus of Legio VIII Augusta
  Legio VIII Augusta
  Legio octava Augusta was a Roman legion created by Pompey in 65 BC, along with the 6th, 7th & 9th, and continuing in service to Rome for at least 400 years thereafter....
  
  
• Tettidius - inscriptions
• Tettienus - inscriptions, suffect consul Galeo Tettienus Petronianus in 76
  76
  Year 76 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Vespasianus...
  
  
• Tettius
• Titiedius
• Titius
  Titia (gens)
  The gens Titia was a plebeian family at Rome. The gens is rarely mentioned in the Republican period, and did not rise out of obscurity till a very late time...
  
  
• Titinius
  Titinius
  Titinius was a nomen of ancient Rome.* Marcus Titinius, tribune 450 BC* Lucius Titinius Pansa Saccus, consular tribune 400 BC, 396 BC* Marcus Titinius, magister equitum 302 BC* Gaius Titinius Gadaeus, bandit in slave revolt used by Gaius Marius...
  
  
• Trebatius
• Trebellius
• Treblanus - doubtful
• Tremellius - quaestor Lucius Tremellius 143 BC
  143 BC
  Year 143 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pulcher and Macedonicus...
  
  , praetor Gaius Tremellius Scrofa 52 BC
  52 BC
  Year 52 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pompeius and Scipio...
  
  
• Tuccius
• Tullius
  Tullius
  Tullius was a Roman nomen. The feminine form was Tullia. Tully, especially as another name for Cicero, is an anglicized form now considered antiquated....
  
  

U-V

• Ulpius
  Ulpia (gens)
  The gens Ulpia was a Roman family, which rose to prominence during the 1st century AD The gens is best known from the emperor Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, who reigned from AD 98 to 117. The Thirtieth Legion took its name, Ulpia, in his honor....
  
  
• Umbrenius
• Umbrius
• Ummidius
  Ummidia (gens)
  The gens Ummidia was a Roman family which flourished during the 1st and 2nd centuries. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Gaius Ummidius Durmius Quadratus, governor of Syria during the reigns of Claudius and Nero...
  
  
• Urgulanius
• Uulius
• Vagennius
• Vagionius
• Vagnius
• Valerius
  Valerius
  Valerius is the nomen of gens Valeria, one of the oldest patrician families of Rome. The name was in use throughout Roman history...
  
   - an old and important gens
• Varius
• Vassenius
• Vatinius
• Vedius
• Velius
• Veranius
• Verecundius
• Vergilius (Virgil
  Virgil
  Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...
  
  )
• Verginius
  Verginia (gens)
  The gens Verginia or Virginia was a prominent family at Rome, which from an early period was divided into patrician and plebeian branches. The gens was of great antiquity, and frequently filled the highest honors of the state during the early years of the Republic...
  
  
• Vesnius
• Vesuvius
• Veturius
  Veturia (gens)
  The gens Veturia, anciently called Vetusia, was a patrician family at Rome, which also had plebeian branches. The patrician branch was of great antiquity; according to tradition, one of their number, Mamurius Veturius, lived in the time of Numa Pompilius, and made the sacred ancilia.The Veturii...
  
  
• Vibenius
• Vibidius
  Vibidius
  The gens Vibidius was a nomen of Ancient Rome and members include:* Vibidius Virro - a Roman Senator living in 17* Vibidia - a woman associated with the Empress Valeria Messalina in 48...
  
  
• Vibius
  Vibius
  Vibius was the nomen of the Roman gens Vibia . Various members of this family include:-Men of the Gens:* Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus - Politician of the Roman Republic* Aulius Vibius Habitus - Suffect consul of 8...
  
  
• Victricius
  Victricius
  Saint Victricius was a bishop of Rouen , missionary, and author. His feast day is August 7. Victricius was the son of a Roman legionnaire, and was in the army himself. However, when he became a Christian, he refused to remain in the army. He was flogged and sentenced for execution, but...
  
  
• Viducius
• Vinicius
  Vinicius
  Vinicius is a given name.*Marcus Vinicius, a Roman consul who in 33 CE married Julia Livilla*Marcus Vinicius , a Roman general and friend of the emperor Augustus...
  
  
• Vipsanius
• Vipstanus
• Viridius
• Virius
• Visellius
  Visellia (gens)
  The gens Visellia was a family at Rome during the late Republic and early Empire. Two members of this gens achieved the consulship during the 1st century AD-Praenomina used by the gens:...
  
  
• Vitellius
  Vitellius
  Vitellius , was Roman Emperor for eight months, from 16 April to 22 December 69. Vitellius was acclaimed Emperor following the quick succession of the previous emperors Galba and Otho, in a year of civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors...
  
  
• Vitruvius
  Vitruvius
  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio was a Roman writer, architect and engineer, active in the 1st century BC. He is best known as the author of the multi-volume work De Architectura ....
  
  
• Volaginius
• Volcatius
• Volumnius
• Volusenna
• Volusenus
• Volusius

See also

• Roman victory title
• List of Roman praenomina
• List of Roman cognomina
• List of Imperial Roman victory titles
• List of Roman tribes
• List of Roman female names
• Roman Republic
  Roman Republic
  The Roman Republic was the period of the ancient Roman civilization where the government operated as a republic. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, traditionally dated around 508 BC, and its replacement by a government headed by two consuls, elected annually by the citizens and...
  
  
• Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....