The
gens
In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same Roman naming conventions#Nomen, nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a ''stirps'' (p ...
Aetia was an obscure
ancient Roman
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gente.
Members
* Quintus Aetius Victor, man mentioned on a loculite tablet
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* Quintus Aetius Appollonius, man mentioned on a loculite tablet][
* Aetius, supposed consul and son-in-law of emperor ]Septimius Severus
Lucius Septimius Severus (; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa (Roman province), Africa. As a young man he advanced thro ...
mentioned in the ''Historia Augusta
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Late Romans
* Aëtius of Antioch, 4th-century theologian and founder of Anomoeanism
* Aetius, 5th-century magister militum
(Latin for "master of soldiers", plural ) was a top-level military command used in the later Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine the Great. The term referred to the senior military officer (equivalent to a war theatre commander, ...
* Aetius, 5th-century praetorian prefect
The praetorian prefect ( la, praefectus praetorio, el, ) was a high office in the Roman Empire. Originating as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the office gradually acquired extensive legal and administrative functions, with its holders be ...
* Aëtius of Amida
Aëtius of Amida (; grc-gre, Ἀέτιος Ἀμιδηνός; Latin: ''Aëtius Amidenus''; fl. mid-5th century to mid-6th century) was a Byzantine Greek physician and medical writer, particularly distinguished by the extent of his erudition. His ...
, 6th-century physician and medical writer
See also
* List of Roman gentes
* Family in ancient Rome
The Ancient Roman family was a complex social structure based mainly on the nuclear family, but could also include various combinations of other members, such as extended family members, household slaves, and freed slaves. Ancient Romans had dif ...
* Ateia gens
The ''gens Ateia'' was a plebs, plebeian family at Ancient Rome, Rome. The gens does not appear to have been particularly large or important, and is known from a small number of individuals.
Members
* Marcus Ateius, the first soldier to climb th ...
References
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Roman gentes