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List of Roman nomina
This is a list of Roman nomina. Each nomen is for a gens, originally a single family, but later more of a political grouping.
- Aburius - coins
- Accius = Attius
- Accoleius - coins
- Acilius
- Aebutius
- Aedinius - from inscriptions
- Aelius
- Aemilius
- Albanius - dubious, possibly confused with Albanus or Albinus
- Albatius - no references seen online, not in Perseus
- Allectius
- Amatius
- Annius
- Antestius
- Antius
- Antonius
- Appuleius
- Aquillius
- Arminius - name of a German chieftain
- Armenius
- Arrius
- Arsinius
- Artorius
- Asinius
- Ateius
- Atius
- Atilius
- Atrius
- Atronius
- Attius - Lewis&Short say "proper name" but not a gens(?)
- Aufidius
- Aurelius
- Ausonius
- Avidius
- Axius
- Babudius
- Baebius
- Barrius
- Betilienus
- Blandius
- Bruccius == Bruttius(?)
- Bruttius
- Caecilius
- Calatorius - inscriptions, statue at Naples Museum
- Calidius
- Calpurnius
- Calventius
- Camillius
- Camilius
- Camelius
- Caprenius
- Carius
- Caristanius
- Cispius
- Claudius - an important gens, originally Sabine
- Clodius
- Clovius
- Cluntius
- Cominius
- Cordius
- Cornelius
- Cosconius
- Crispus
- Curius
- Curtius
- Decumius - from inscriptions, not otherwise noted
- Desticius - at least two governors known from inscriptions
- Dexsius - L. Dexsius Longinus mentioned in an inscription of 119 AD [1]
- Didius
- Dillius
- Domitius
- Dossenius - no mentions seen online, but speculated as origin of name of Dossenheim
- Duccius - inscriptions, notably a tombstone of Lucius Duccius Rufinus at York [2]
- Duronius - at least two officials of the Republic
- Egnatius
- Epidius
- Equitius
- Fabius
- Fadius
- Faenius
- Falerius
- Favonius
- Festinius - mentioned online at [3], seen on a tombstone of a two-year-old child
- Flaccus
- Flavius
- Flavinius
- Flavonius - inscriptions
- Floridius - no Romans seen online, a bishop of Tarazona in 611
- Florius
- Floronius - inscriptions
- Fufius
- Fulcinius
- Fulvius
- Fundanus
- Furius
- Gabinius
- Galerius
- Gavius
- Gellius
- Granius
- Grattius
- Gratidius
- Helvetius
- Helvius
- Herennius
- Herminius
- Hirtius
- Horatius (Horace)
- Hortensius
- Hosidius
- Hostilius
- Inventius - questionable, no references online
- Iulius (Julius)
- Iunius (Junius)
- Iustus (Justus)
- Iuventius (Juventius)
- Laetonius - no Romans seen online
- Lafrenius - possible refs?
- Lampronius - no Romans seen online
- Liburnius
- Licinius
- Ligustinius - no Romans seen online
- Livius
- Lollius
- Longinius
- Loreius - House of Loreius Tiburtinus in Pompeii
- Lucius
- Lucilius
- Lusius
- Macrinius
- Maecilius
- Maelius
- Mallius
- Mamilius
- Manlius
- Manilius
- Marcius
- Marius
- Matius
- Maximius
- Memmius
- Messienus
- Metilius
- Milonius
- Minucius or Minicius
- Modius
- Mucius
- Munatius
- Munius
- Murrius
- Naevius
- Nasennius
- Nemetorius
- Nepius
- Nigidius
- Nigilius
- Nipius
- Norbanus
- Novius
- Numerius
- Olcinius
- Oppius
- Opsius
- Oranius
- Otacilius
- Palpellius
- Papinius
- Papirius
- Papius
- Peltrasius
- Pescennius
- Petellius
- Petilius
- Petillius
- Petronius
- Pinarius
- Piscius
- Pisentius
- Placidius
- Plautius
- Plinius
- Plotius
- Pollius
- Pomponius
- Pomptinus
- Pontidius
- Pontius
- Popidius
- Portius
- Postumius
- Paesentius
- Publicius
- Pupius
- Quintilius
- Quintius
- Quirinius
- Rabirius
- Rufius
- Rufrius
- Rufus
- Rusonius
- Rutilius
- Sabucius
- Sallustius
- Salonius
- Salvius
- Scribonius
- Secundinius
- Secundius
- Seius
- Sempronius
- Sennius
- Sentius
- Septimius
- Sepunius
- Sepurcius
- Sergius
- Servilius
- Sestius
- Sextilius
- Sextius
- Sidonius
- Silius
- Sittius
- Socellius
- Sornatius
- Spurius
- Statius
- Statilius
- Stertinius
- Suedius
- Sulpicius
- Tadius
- Talmudius
- Tanicius
- Tertinius
- Tettidius - inscriptions
- Tettienus - inscriptions, suffect consul Galeo Tettienus Petronianus in 76
- Tettius
- Titiedius
- Titius
- Titinius
- Trebatius
- Trebellius
- Treblanus - doubtful
- Tremellius - quaestor Lucius Tremellius 143 BC, praetor Gaius Tremellius Scrofa 52 BC
- Tuccius
- Tullius
- Ulpius
- Umbrenius
- Umbrius
- Urgulanius
- Uulius
- Vagennius
- Vagionius
- Vagnius
- Valerius - an old and important gens
- Varius
- Vassenius
- Vatinius
- Vedius
- Velius
- Veranius
- Verecundius
- Vergilius (Vergil)
- Vesnius
- Vesuvius
- Vibenius
- Vibidius
- Victricius
- Viducius
- Vinicius
- Vipsanius
- Vipstanus
- Viridius
- Virius
- Vitruvius
- Volaginius
- Volcatius
- Volumnius
- Volusenna
- Volusenus
- Volusius
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Ancient Rome
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List of Roman nomina
falvw@shaw.ca - August 21st, 2006
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According to the historians one of the settlers there, a certain Italus, became king of Oenotria, (Bruttium, today Calabria) and from him they took the name of Italians instead of that of Oenotrians, and the name of Italy was given to all that promontory of Europe lying between the Gulfs of Scylletium (the modern Squillace) and of Lametus (the modern Amato River), which are half a day's journey apart. It was this Italus then who according to tradition converted the Oenotrians from a pastoral life to one of agriculture and gave them various ordinances, being the first to institute their
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