Tituria
The gens Tituria was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens appear in history, of whom the most famous is Quintus Titurius Sabinus, one of Caesar's legatus, legates during the Gallic Wars. Other Titurii are known from inscriptions. Origin The nomen gentilicium, nomen ''Titurius'' is listed by Chase among those gentilicia that either originated at Rome, or cannot be shown to have come from anywhere else. The surname ''Sabinus'', borne by several members of this family, suggests that they considered themselves the descendants of the Sabines, an ancient people of central Italy, many of whom were said to have settled at Rome beginning in the time of Romulus. Praenomina The main praenomina of the Titurii were ''Lucius (praenomen), Lucius'' and ''Gaius (praenomen), Gaius'', the two most common names at all periods of Roman history. Other praenomina occurring in this gens include ''Titus (praenomen), Titus'', ''Quintus (praenomen), Quintus'', ''Marcus (pr ...
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Plebeian
In ancient Rome, the plebeians (also called plebs) were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words " commoners". Both classes were hereditary. Etymology The precise origins of the group and the term are unclear, but may be related to the Greek, ''plēthos'', meaning masses. In Latin, the word is a singular collective noun, and its genitive is . Plebeians were not a monolithic social class. Those who resided in the city and were part of the four urban tribes are sometimes called the , while those who lived in the country and were part of the 31 smaller rural tribes are sometimes differentiated by using the label . (List of Roman tribes) In ancient Rome In the annalistic tradition of Livy and Dionysius, the distinction between patricians and plebeians was as old as Rome itself, instituted by Romulus' appointment of the first hundred senators, whose descendants became the patriciate. Modern hypotheses date ...
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