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

See also

List of Roman gentes

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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