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 of the gens

The nomen Arpineius probably indicates that the ancestor of the family came from the city of Arpinum, in southern Latium.

Members of the gens

Gaius Arpineius, a Roman knight, a friend of Quintus Titurius, sent to have a conference with Ambiorix, in 54 BC.^[2]

References

^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
^ Gaius Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico v. 27.

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[1] Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor

[2] Gaius Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico v. 27.

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Origin of the gens

Members of the gens

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