The gens Traia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers, but several are known from inscriptions.
The nomen Traius belongs to a large class of gentilicia formed using the suffix -aius, which was typical of Oscan names. [1] Epigraphy places some of the Traii in Samnium, an Oscan-speaking region of Italy. [2] [3]
All of the Traii known from inscriptions bore very common praenomina, including Lucius , Gaius , Marcus , and Quintus .
A family of this gens settled in Hispania by the Augustan era, where they achieved some local importance at Italica and Arva in Baetica. Gaius Traius Pollio was one of the duumvirs at Italica, [4] while Quintus Traius Areianus was honoured with a statue at Arva. [5] The cognomen Pollio was an old Latin surname originally derived from the occupation of the bearer, indicating a polisher. [6] Areianus, which belonged to at least two generations of the family from Arva, probably commemorated their descent from the Areia gens. Similarly, the surname Trajanus, borne by a family of the Ulpia gens from Tuder in Umbria, probably recorded their descent from the Traii, some of whom lived at Tuder. The emperor Trajan was descended from a branch of this family that settled in Hispania, as did some of the Traii. The surname is found with Lucius Blattius Trajanus Pollio, colleague of the duumvir Gaius Traius Pollio; his surnames seem to indicate that he was likewise descended from the Traii Polliones. [4]
The gens Accia was a Roman family during the late Republic. The gens is known primarily from two individuals, Lucius Accius, a tragic poet of the second century BC, and Titus Accius, best known for his prosecution of Aulus Cluentius Habitus in Cicero's oration Pro Cluentio. Other Accii are known from inscriptions.
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The gens Peducaea, occasionally written Paeducaea or Peducea, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens occur in history from the end of the second century BC, and from then to the time of Antoninus Pius, they steadily increased in prominence. The first of the Peducaii to obtain the consulship was Titus Peducaeus in 35 BC.
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The gens Seppia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens appear in history, but many are known from inscriptions.
The gens Servia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are mentioned in ancient writers, but a number are known from inscriptions.
The gens Socellia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned by ancient writers, but several are known from inscriptions.
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