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    The gens Caecilia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are mentioned in history as early as the fifth century BC, but the first...
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    Mucia Tertia in 79 BCE, this time gaining an alliance with the powerful gens Caecilia: this was Pompey's longest marriage, and produced all three of his surviving...
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  • gens Caecilia, a plebeian family at Rome. The name Octavius Januarius contains the nomen Octavius and cognomen Januarius, which may refer to the gens...
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  • Metellus may refer to: Metellus, a cognomen of the gens Caecilia, an ancient Roman family For their family tree, see Caecilii Metelli family tree Hugo...
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  • claimed as the eponymous ancestor of the Roman gens Caecilia, and also perhaps by the lesser known gens Caesia. Paschalis, p. 267 Grimal, p. 83 De Vaan...
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  • 29 BC. Caecilia gens Pomponia gens She was possibly born with the name Pomponia Attica, but was known after her father's adoption as Caecilia Attica....
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  • of the patrician Roman gens Cornelia. Metellus Scipio was born into this family, but was later adopted out to the gens Caecilia. He still retained his...
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  • Marburg/Lahn 1980. Furthermore the elephant was a counter-symbol against the gens Caecilia, whose heralding symbol was the elephant, attesting victories gained...
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  • Macedonicus, the Roman consul of 143 BC, and a member of the plebeian gens Caecilia. It is suspected that he served under his father in Hispania Citerior...
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    National Archaeological Museum of Palestrina. Anicia gens Caecilia gens Opellia gens Selicia gens The modern town is built on the ruins of the temple of...
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    derived from the Roman name Cecilia, referring to a woman from the Caecilia gens. This spelling variant had begun to be used in the United Kingdom by...
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  • The gens Tettia, sometimes written Tetteia, was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned toward the end of the...
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  • died he left two young children by Caecilia. Women in ancient Rome Caecilia gens Caecilii Metelli family tree Plutarch, Parallel Lives, The Life of Sulla...
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  • The gens Rabonia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Only a few members of this gens are mentioned in history or known from inscriptions. This...
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  • Iucundus. His paternal grandfather, Felix, had been a freedman of the gens Caecilia and a banker in Pompeii. Quintus Caecilius' name is known from an electoral...
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  • Caecilius may refer to: Caecilia gens, an ancient Roman family, including a list of people with the name Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, a Roman inhabitant...
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  • The gens Scaevinia, sometimes written Scaevina, was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are not mentioned in ancient writers...
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    claim for which there is no historical evidence. Women in ancient Rome Caecilia gens Caecilii Metelli family tree Tatum, Jeffrey (2014). The Patrician Tribune:...
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  • derived from the Roman name Cecilia, referring to a woman from the Caecilia gens. Alternately, it is considered a form of the name Marceline, a French...
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  • granted a triumph. Metellus Pius, a member of the distinguished plebeian gens Caecilia, was the son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, who was consul...
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  • in the Republican period, though they were members of the plebeian gens Caecilia. Their greatest influence was from the second century BC onwards. The...
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  • They were politically conservative, although members of the plebeian gens Caecilia. Lucius' grandfather was Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus. He...
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  • Look up gens in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The gens (plural gentes) was a Roman family, of Italic or Etruscan origins, consisting of all those individuals...
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  • to his lieutenant in Italy, Mark Antony, to deny Metellus' return. gens Caecilia Münzer 1897, citing: Cic. Verr., 3.159; CIL X, 7258. Broughton 1952...
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  • They were conservative aristocrats, though members of the plebeian gens Caecilia. Caprarius was the youngest son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus...
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    the First Punic War. Both father and son were members of the famed gens Caecilia, a powerful plebeian family of the late Republic. Caecilius Metellus...
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  • Pomponia is the female name for the Pomponia gens of Ancient Rome. This family was one of the oldest families in Rome. Various women bearing this name...
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    The gens Cornelia was one of the greatest patrician houses at ancient Rome. For more than seven hundred years, from the early decades of the Republic to...
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  • Titus Pomponius was a member of the Gens Pomponia who claimed direct male descent of the line of Pomponius, the first son of Numa Pompilius, the second...
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  • BC, Atticus' parents were Titus Pomponius, a wealthy businessman, and Caecilia. His family were equestrians and likely had been members of the prestigious...
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