Arpineia (gens)
The gens Arpineia was a Roman family of the 1st century BC. It is known chiefly from a single individual, Gaius Arpineius, an eques in the army of Gaius Julius Caesar during the Gallic War.[1]
Origin
The nomen Arpineius probably indicates that the ancestor of the family came from the city of Arpinum, in southern Latium.
Members
- Gaius Arpineius, a Roman knight, a friend of Quintus Titurius, sent to confer with Ambiorix, in 54 BC.[2]
See also
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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