The gens Venuleia was a

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family of

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Syme, ''Some Arval Brethren'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980), p. 57 and of

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originally, which flourished from the 1st to the end of the 2nd century AD.Raepsaet-Charlier, Marie-Thérèse. “L’inscription ‘CIL’ XI 1735 Complétée et Les ‘Venulei.’” ''Latomus'', 42 (1983), pp. 152–55. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41533804. Known members were: * Lucius Venuleius Montanus was

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in during the reign of Nero, and described by

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in his fourth satire * Lucius Venuleius Pataecius, a Roman ''eques'' who governed

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at some point between AD 69 and 79 * Lucius Venuleius Montanus Apronianus, son of the proconsul, consul in 92. * Lucius Venuleius consul in 123, possibly son of the consul of 92Scheid
"Note sur les Venuleii Aproniani"
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'', 52 (1983), pp. 225-228 * Lucius Venuleius Apronianus Octavius Priscus, son of the consul of 123, consul ''suffectus'' around 145 and ''ordinarius'' in 168. The Venuleii family owned the magnificent villa-estate at

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in the 1st and the 2nd century AD.

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