Gavius
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Gavius was the nomen
of the ancient Roman gens Gavia. The Gavi Arch in Verona was built in honor of the gen
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Roman naming conventions
By the Republican era and throughout the Imperial era, a name in ancient Rome for a male citizen consisted of three parts : praenomen , nomen and cognomen...
of the ancient Roman gens Gavia. The Gavi Arch in Verona was built in honor of the gen
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- Gavius Bassus, Latin grammarian at time of CiceroCiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero , was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.He introduced the Romans to the chief...
- Gavius Silo, orator heard by Augustus Caesar in 26 BC, mentioned by SenecaSeneca the YoungerLucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...
- Marcus Gavius ApiciusMarcus Gavius ApiciusMarcus Gavius Apicius is believed to have been a Roman gourmet and lover of luxury, who lived sometime in the 1st century AD, during the reign of Tiberius. The Roman cookbook Apicius is often, but incorrectly, attributed to him. He was the subject of On the Luxury of Apicius, a famous work, now...
, gourmet 1st century AD - Gaius Gavius Silvanus, tribune of NeroNeroNero , was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death....
- Marcus Gavius Squilla Gallicanus, consul 127
- Marcus Gavius Squilla Gallicanus, consul 150
- Marcus Gavius Orfitus, consul 165
- Marcus Gavius Cornelius Cethegus, consul 170
- Lucius FulviusFulviusFulvius was the nomen of the gens Fulvia, a patrician gens of ancient Rome that originally came from Tusculum. They were originally a plebeian family but were upgraded to patricians soon after the Roman Republic was formed...
Gavius Numisius PetroniusPetroniusGaius Petronius Arbiter was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian age.-Life:...
Aemilianus, consul 206 - Gavius Pontius, SamniteSamniumSamnium is a Latin exonym for a region of south or south and central Italy in Roman times. The name survives in Italian today, but today's territory comprising it is only a small portion of what it once was. The populations of Samnium were called Samnites by the Romans...
general ca. 321 BC.