The gens Luciena was a minor family at Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned in the final century of the Republic.

Origin

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The nomen Lucienus appears to belong to a class of names derived from other names, including those of other gentilicia. It might therefore be derived from the praenomen Lucius, or the corresponding nomen.[1] Nomina ending in -enus were characteristic of Umbrian.[2]

Members

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This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
  • Lucienus, a senator, was a friend of Marcus Terentius Varro, and one of the speakers in Varro's dialogue, Rerum Rusticarum. He is apparently the same person mentioned by Cicero in a letter to Atticus.[3][4]
  • Lucius Lucienus, the father of Lucius Lucienus Rufus.[5]
  • Lucius Lucienus L. f. Rufus, a young man buried at Rome.[5]
  • Lucius Lucienus Ɔ. l. Diocles, a freedman of the Lucieni, mentioned in the same inscription as Lucius Lucienus Rufus.[5]
  • Luciena L. l. Philema, a freedwoman of the Lucieni, mentioned in the same inscription as Lucius Lucienus Rufus.[5]
  • Quintus Lucienus Ɔ. l. Dicaeus, a freedman of the Lucieni, mentioned in an inscription at Rome.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Chase, p. 118.
  2. ^ Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities|Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities, pp. 1101, 1102 ("Nomen").
  3. ^ Varro, Rerum Rusticarum, ii. 5.
  4. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, vii. 5.
  5. ^ a b c d CIL VI, 21566
  6. ^ CIL VI, 38569

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