The gens Lucceia, occasionally Luceia or Luccia, was a plebeian family at Rome, which flourished during the final century of the Republic and under the early Empire.

Origin

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The Lucceii may have been of Oscan origin, as the termination -eius frequently occurs in nomina of Oscan derivation, often alongside -ius as an alternative spelling, as Lucceius occurs alongside Luccius. The name appears to refer to a Lucanian, which would be consistent with such an origin.[1]

Members

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

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Lucilius in Plutarch; Ulcillis in some manuscripts of Caesar.
  2. ^ He may be the same person as Gaius Hirrius, the famous farmer of lampreys [see Hirria (gens)], and perhaps the same as the Hirtius whom the triumvirs proscribed in 43 BC, and who fled to Sextus Pompeius for protection.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Chase, pp. 120, 121.
  2. ^ Livy, Epitome, 75.
  3. ^ Cicero, In Verrem, v. 64.
  4. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, v. 20. § 8, 21. § 13, vi. 1. § 23, vii. 3. § 6.
  5. ^ Orelli, Onomasticon Tullianum, vol. II, p. 361.
  6. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, i. 3. § 3, 5. § 5, 10. § 2, 11. § 1, 14. § 7, 17. § 11, ii. 1. § 9, iv. 6. § 4, 11. § 2, ix. 1. § 3, 11. § 3; Epistulae ad Familiares, v. 12, 13; Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem, ii. 6. § 2.
  7. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Caesar", 19.
  8. ^ Caesar, De Bello Civili, iii. 18.
  9. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 809 ("Lucceius", no. 4).
  10. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 809 ("Lucceius", no. 5).
  11. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, ii. 10. § 1, viii. 2. § 2, 3. § 1, 8. § 5, 9. § 1, 11. § 2; Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem, iii. 8. § 4, 9. § 3; Epistulae ad Atticum, vii. 1. §§ 7, 8.
  12. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Pompeius", 54.
  13. ^ Caesar, De Bello Civili, iii. 82.
  14. ^ Cassius Dio, xlii. 2.
  15. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, xvi. 5. § 3.
  16. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, xii. 25. A. § 6, 30. § 5.
  17. ^ Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, xx. 9.
  18. ^ Tacitus, Historiae, ii. 58, 59.

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