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Erucia gens

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The gens Erucia was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned early in the first century BC; the name has been claimed as Etruscan.[1] However, in the second century of the Empire, the Erucii attained considerable distinction.[2]

Praenomina used

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The praenomina associated with the Erucii are Gaius, Marcus, and Sextus.[2]

Branches and cognomina

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The only family of the Erucii known to history bore the cognomen Clarus.[2]

Members

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This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ronald Syme, "Pliny's Less Successful Friends", Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, 9 (1960), p. 374
  2. ^ a b c d Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
  3. ^ Plutarchus, Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Sulla 16, 18.
  4. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pro Sexto Roscio 13, 16, 18-21, 29, 32, Fragm. pro Vareno 8, p. 443, ed. Orelli.
  5. ^ Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Epistulae i. 1, 15, ii. 9, vii. 28, viii. 1.
  6. ^ Aelius Spartianus, Hadrian 9, 11, 15.
  7. ^ Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Epistulae ii. 9.
  8. ^ Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Roman History lxviii. 30.
  9. ^ Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Epistulae i. 15, ii. 9.
  10. ^ Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae vi. 6, xiii. 17.
  11. ^ Aelius Spartianus, Septimius Severus 1.
  12. ^ Digesta seu Pandectae 1. tit. 15. s. 3. § 2.
  13. ^ Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Roman History lxvii. 22, lxxiv. 9.
  14. ^ Julius Capitolinus, Pertinax 15.
  15. ^ Aelius Spartianus, Septimius Severus 13.

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