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Artorius was a Roman gens

Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
(gens Artoria) of obscure and contested etymology, though one suggested meaning is "plowman". Its members were apparently natives of Campania

Campania

Campania is a Regions of Italy of southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy, its total area of 13,595 km? makes it the most densely populated region in the country....
, and other branches appeared in Dalmatia

Dalmatia

Dalmatia is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern Croatia and spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast....
, Africa

Africa Province

File:Roman Africa.JPGThe Roman province of Africa was established after the Romans defeated Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day northern Tunisia, north-eastern Algeria and the Mediterranean Sea coast of modern-day western Libya along the Syrtis Minor....
, Gallia Narbonensis

Gallia Narbonensis

Gallia Narbonensis was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in southern France. Narbonese Gaul "lay between the Alps, the Mediterranean Sea, and the C?vennes Mountains....
, and Aegyptus. Marcus, Gaius, and Lucius were the three praenomen

Praenomen

In Roman naming conventions, the praenomen was the only name in which parents had some choice, roughly equivalent to the given name of today....
used by the Artorii males. Artorius is one suggested source of the name Arthur

Arthur

Arthur is a common male name, meaning "bear-like," believed to possibly be descended from the Ancient Rome surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Greek word arktos ....
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Artorius was a Roman gens

Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
(gens Artoria) of obscure and contested etymology, though one suggested meaning is "plowman". Its members were apparently natives of Campania

Campania

Campania is a Regions of Italy of southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy, its total area of 13,595 km? makes it the most densely populated region in the country....
, and other branches appeared in Dalmatia

Dalmatia

Dalmatia is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern Croatia and spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast....
, Africa

Africa Province

File:Roman Africa.JPGThe Roman province of Africa was established after the Romans defeated Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day northern Tunisia, north-eastern Algeria and the Mediterranean Sea coast of modern-day western Libya along the Syrtis Minor....
, Gallia Narbonensis

Gallia Narbonensis

Gallia Narbonensis was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in southern France. Narbonese Gaul "lay between the Alps, the Mediterranean Sea, and the C?vennes Mountains....
, and Aegyptus. Marcus, Gaius, and Lucius were the three praenomen

Praenomen

In Roman naming conventions, the praenomen was the only name in which parents had some choice, roughly equivalent to the given name of today....
used by the Artorii males. Artorius is one suggested source of the name Arthur

Arthur

Arthur is a common male name, meaning "bear-like," believed to possibly be descended from the Ancient Rome surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Greek word arktos ....
.

Members included:

Artoria Cleopatra, a woman in Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
believed to have lived during the time of triumvir Mark Antony
Mark Antony

Marcus Antonius , known in English as Marc Antony, was a Roman Republic politician and General. He was an important supporter and the best friend of Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator, being Caesar's second cousin, once removed, by his mother Julia Antonia....
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Artoria Flaccilla, accompanied her husband Decimus Novius Priscus in 65 into exile. Priscus was disgraced and exiled by the Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
Nero
Nero

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and final Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty....
. Priscus' friend was Nero's tutor Seneca
Seneca the Younger

Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Ancient Rome Stoicism philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature....
, who participated in the failed revolt of 65. Due to Priscus' friendship with Seneca, Nero exiled him.
Marcus Artorius, a freedman scribe living in Pompeii
Pompeii

Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Ancient Rome town-city near modern Naples in the Italy region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei....
at the time of the eruption.
Lucius Artorius Castus
Lucius Artorius Castus

Lucius Artorius Castus was a military commander of ancient Rome, suggested by some to be the historical basis for King Arthur....
, the most famous member, a 3rd century general sometimes connected with a historical basis for King Arthur
Historical basis for King Arthur

The historical basis of King Arthur is a source of considerable debate among historians. The King Arthur of Arthurian legend appears in many legends but it has not been decisively established whether his origin was entirely mythical or whether he was based on one or more historical figures....
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Artorius is also a long poem by John Heath-Stubbs

John Heath-Stubbs

John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs OBE was an England poet and translator, known for his verse influenced by classical myths, and the long Arthurian poem Artorius ....
(1972), detailing his view of the Arthurian legend.