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    The gens Porcia, rarely written Portia, was a plebeian family at Ancient Rome. Its members first appear in history during the third century BC. The first...
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  • Porcia may refer to: Porcia gens, ancient Roman family Porcia (wife of Brutus) Porcia (sister of Cato the Younger) Valerian and Porcian laws, Roman laws...
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    Portia is a feminine given name taken from the name of the Roman Porcia gens, which was ultimately derived from the Latin porcus, or pig. It is best known...
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  • Porcia (before 95 BC – 46/45 BC), was the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato and Livia. She was the elder sister of Cato the Younger and the younger half-sister...
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    gens Cordia gens Coruncania gens Fonteia gens Fulvia gens Furia gens Geminia (gens) Javonelia gens Juventia gens Mamilia gens Manlia gens Porcia gens...
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  • The gens Laecania or Lecania was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens first appear in history during the reign of Tiberius. The...
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    Porcius Cato (cos. 89 BC) All information from Drogula 2019, Preface. Porcia gens Use of the term "First Triumvirate" rejected by some modern scholars...
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    frequently spoken of not only as the leader, but as the founder of the Porcia gens. His ancestors for three generations had been named Marcus Porcius, and...
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  • after Cato's death. Cato's daughter, Porcia, married Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, who became consul in 54 BC. Porcia gens Some scholars hold that Cato was...
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  • The gens Titania was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers, but a number are known from inscriptions...
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  • the rights of the Valerian law. They were enacted by members of the Gens Porcia in the 2nd century BC. We do not know their precise dates, but they seem...
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  • by Caesar, even though he would almost certainly have been pardoned. Porcia gens Plutarch, "The Life of Cato the Elder", 27. Gellius, xiii. 20 (numbered...
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    Quintus Pompeius Rufus Personal details Died 89 BC Fucine Lake Relations Porcia gens Parent M. Porcius Cato Salonianus Military service Allegiance Rome Commands...
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  • The gens Servilia was a patrician family at ancient Rome. The gens was celebrated during the early ages of the Republic, and the names of few gentes appear...
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    The gens Livia was an illustrious plebeian family at ancient Rome. The first of the Livii to obtain the consulship was Marcus Livius Denter in 302 BC,...
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  • this union, Servilia's half-brother, Cato the Younger, and half-sister, Porcia, were born. However, her mother and stepfather both died before 91 BC. As...
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    his divorce from Claudia other than he wished to marry Porcia. Brutus' reasons for marrying Porcia are unclear, he may have been in love or it could have...
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  • The gens Umbria, occasionally written Umbreia, was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Only a few members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers...
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  • can refer to: Members of the ancient Roman gens Porcia Florian Porcius (1816–1907), a Romanian botanist Porcia (disambiguation) This disambiguation page...
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  • a Roman politician in the second century BC. He was a member of the gens Porcia. His father of the same name served as praetor at the Battle of the Metaurus...
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  • Bibulus was a member of the plebeian Calpurnia gens. His cognomen is not previously attested within the gens so he appears to have been the first of the...
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    The gens Marcia, occasionally written Martia, was one of the oldest and noblest houses at ancient Rome. They claimed descent from the second and fourth...
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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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    The gens Calpurnia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which first appears in history during the third century BC. The first of the gens to obtain...
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    Festus had difficulty in detailing charges against him (Acts 25-26). Gens Porcia Prefects, Procurators, and Legates of Roman Judaea List of biblical figures...
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    relative of the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. His paternal grandmother was Porcia (sister to Cato the Younger). Ahenobarbus married Antonia Major (niece of...
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  • The gens Severia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens appear in history, but many are known from inscriptions. The nomen...
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  • The gens Maenia, occasionally written Mainia, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned soon after the establishment...
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  • Bassus Basilica of Maxentius Basilica of Neptune Basilica Opimia Basilica Porcia Basilica Sempronia Basilica Ulpia Porta Maggiore Basilica Basilica di San...
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  • University of Toronto Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-8020-5281-9. Broughton 1951, p. 538. "Gens: LIVIUS". strachan.dk. 4 October 2010. Dennison, Matthew (2011). Livia, Empress...
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