Arruntia (gens)

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The gens Arruntia was a plebeian family at Rome, which came to prominence during the first century BC.[1]

Origin

The nomen Arruntius is a patronymic surname, based on the Etruscan praenomen Arruns, which must have been borne by the ancestor of the gens.

Members

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

See also

List of Roman gentes

References

  1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appianus, Bellum Civile iv. 21.
  3. Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis Historia xxix. 5.
  4. Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Annales xiii. 22.
  5. Publius Papinius Statius, Silvae
  6. Marcus Valerius Martialis, Epigrams vi. 21.
  7. Schopen, De Terentio et Donato (1821).

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