Laceria (gens)

The gens Laceria was a minor plebeian family at Rome. It is known primarily from Gaius Lacerius, one of the tribunes of the plebs in 401 BC. A few other Lacerii are known from inscriptions.

Origin

The nome Lacerius appears to be derived from the cognomen Lacer, meaning "torn, mangled", suggesting that its original bearer was deformed or withered in some way, either by birth or injury.[1]

Members

See also

List of Roman gentes

References

  1. New College Latin & English Dictionary ("lacer").
  2. Livy, v. 10.
  3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 699 ("C. Lacerius").
  4. Broughton, vol. I, p. 84.
  5. CIL VI. 21008, XI. 1. 78.
  6. CIL, VI. 35645.

Bibliography

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