The gens Accia was a

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

family during the late

Republic A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

. 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 ...

is known primarily from two individuals,

Lucius Accius Lucius Accius (; 170 – c. 86 BC), or Lucius Attius, was a Roman tragic poet and literary scholar. Accius was born in 170 BC at Pisaurum, a town founded in the Ager Gallicus in 184 BC. He was the son of a freedman and a freedwoman, probably from ...

, a tragic poet of the second century BC, and

Titus Accius Titus Accius was a Roman jurist and knight. Accius was a native of Pisaurum. In 66 BC he stood as prosecutor in the murder trial of Aulus Cluentius Habitus, accused of killing Oppianicus the elder with poison. Cicero was Cluentius's sole d ...

, best known for his prosecution of

Aulus Cluentius Habitus Aulus Cluentius Habitus, a wealthy citizen of Larinum in Samnium, and subject of a Roman ''cause célèbre''. In 74 BC, he accused his stepfather Statius Albius Oppianicus of an attempt to poison him; had it been successful, the property of Cluent ...

in Cicero's oration ''

Pro Cluentio ''Pro Cluentio'' is a speech by the Roman orator Cicero given in defense of a man named Aulus Cluentius Habitus Minor. Cluentius, from Larinum in Samnium, was accused in 69 BC by his mother Sassia of having poisoned his stepfather, Statius Abbiu ...

''. Other Accii are known from inscriptions.

Origin

The most famous members of this gens, Lucius and Titus Accius, were from the town of

Pisaurum Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, ...

, although it is not known whether or how they were related. Pisaurum was founded as a Roman colonia in the

Ager Gallicus The expression Ager Gallicus defines the territory of the Senone Gauls after it was devastated and conquered by Rome in 284 BC or 283 BC, either after the Battle of Arretium or the Battle of Lake Vadimon. Destruction of the Ager Gallicus Accord ...

in 184 BC. This region had been settled by the

Senones The Senones or Senonii (Gaulish: "the ancient ones") were an ancient Gallic tribe dwelling in the Seine basin, around present-day Sens, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Part of the Senones settled in the Italian peninsula, where they ...

during the fourth century BC, and was later divided between

Umbria it, Umbro (man) it, Umbra (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , ...

and

Cisalpine Gaul Cisalpine Gaul ( la, Gallia Cisalpina, also called ''Gallia Citerior'' or ''Gallia Togata'') was the part of Italy inhabited by Celts (Gauls) during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. After its conquest by the Roman Republic in the 200s BC it was con ...

, with Pisaurum being included in Umbria. Pisaurum itself is not mentioned as a city prior to its establishment as a Roman colony. Its earliest inhabitants were Romans, but early sources describe the natives of this area as

Picentes The name Picentes or Picentini refers to the population of Picenum, on the northern Adriatic coastal plain of ancient Italy. Their endonym, if any, is not known for certain. There is linguistic evidence that the Picentini comprised two different ...

, among whom there were probably also

Umbrians The Umbri were an Italic people of ancient Italy. A region called Umbria still exists and is now occupied by Italian speakers. It is somewhat smaller than the ancient Umbria. Most ancient Umbrian cities were settled in the 9th-4th centuries BC on ...

Etruscans The Etruscan civilization () was developed by a people of Etruria in ancient Italy with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states. After conquering adjacent lands, its territory covered, at its greatest extent, rou ...

, and

Gauls The Gauls ( la, Galli; grc, Γαλάται, ''Galátai'') were a group of Celtic peoples of mainland Europe in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly 5th century BC to 5th century AD). Their homeland was known as Gaul (''Gallia''). They s ...

. A large number of Accii are known from inscriptions of central Italy, from Umbria to Samnium, and adjoining regions, so nothing definite can be said of their ethnicity.

Praenomina

Most of the Accii bore very common

praenomina The ''praenomen'' (; plural: ''praenomina'') was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the ''dies lustricus'' (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the birt ...

, including ''

Gaius Gaius, sometimes spelled ''Gajus'', Kaius, Cajus, Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People *Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist *Gaius Acilius *Gaius Antonius *Gaius Antonius Hybrida *Gaius Asinius Gallus *Gaius Asinius Pol ...

'', ''

Lucius Lucius ( el, Λούκιος ''Loukios''; ett, Luvcie) is a male given name derived from ''Lucius'' (abbreviated ''L.''), one of the small group of common Latin forenames (''praenomina'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius derives from L ...

'', '' Marcus'', ''

Titus Titus Caesar Vespasianus ( ; 30 December 39 – 13 September 81 AD) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death. Before becoming emperor, Titus gained renown as a mili ...

'', '' Publius'', and ''

Quintus Quintus is a male given name derived from '' Quintus'', a common Latin forename (''praenomen'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Quintus derives from Latin word ''quintus'', meaning "fifth". Quintus is an English masculine given name and ...

''. There are individual instances of '' Gnaeus'', '' Numerius'', and '' Spurius''.

Members

, also found as ''Attius'', was one of the earliest tragic poets at Rome. He was the son of a

freedman A freedman or freedwoman is a formerly enslaved person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, enslaved people were freed by manumission (granted freedom by their captor-owners), emancipation (granted freedom a ...

, and modeled most of his tragedies on

Aeschylus Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek ...

and other Greek examples, but he also wrote ''Praetextata'', works on Roman subjects, an ''Annales'', or history of Rome in verse, and some prose works, including a history of poetry. He was greatly admired for his language, but only fragments of his works are preserved. *

, an eques from Pisaruum, who in 66 BC undertook the prosecution of

for the alleged murder of his stepfather, Statius Albius Oppianicus. Cluentius was famously defended by

Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the estab ...

in his oration ''

''. Accius had studied rhetoric under Hermagoras, and Cicero praises him for his careful and deliberate style and command of

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

From inscriptions

* Accia C. l., a freedwoman named in an inscription from Rome.. * Accius, named in an inscription from

Praeneste Palestrina (ancient ''Praeneste''; grc, Πραίνεστος, ''Prainestos'') is a modern Italian city and ''comune'' (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Pre ...

Latium Latium ( , ; ) is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire. Definition Latium was originally a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil (Old Latium) on whi ...

, dating between AD 14 and 16. * Accius, buried at

Venusia Venosa ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Ginestra, Lavello, Maschito, Montemilone, Palazzo San Gervasio, Ra ...

Samnium Samnium ( it, Sannio) is a Latin exonym for a region of Southern Italy anciently inhabited by the Samnites. Their own endonyms were ''Safinim'' for the country (attested in one inscription and one coin legend) and ''Safineis'' for the The lan ...

. * Accius Amoenitae l., a freedman buried at the present site of Segoyuela de los Cornejos, near Salmantica in

Hispania Citerior Hispania Citerior (English: "Hither Iberia", or "Nearer Iberia") was a Roman province in Hispania during the Roman Republic. It was on the eastern coast of Iberia down to the town of Cartago Nova, today's Cartagena in the autonomous community of ...

, aged eighty. * Gaius Accius, the former master of Accius Antiochus and Accia, according to an inscription from Rome. * Gaius Accius, the father of Marcus, and perhaps the former master of Gaius Accius Dio. * Gaius Accius, the former master of Gaius Accius of Mevania. * Gaius Accius, the father of Gaius Accius Faber. * Gaius Accius C. l., a freedman named in an inscription from

Mevania Bevagna is a town and ''comune'' in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria), in the flood plain of the Topino river. Bevagna is south-east of Perugia, west of Foligno, north-north-west of Montefalco, south of Assisi an ...

in Umbria.. * Lucius Accius, the father of Lucius Accius Calvius. * Lucius Accius M. f., named in an inscription from

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Venetia and Histria Venetia et Histria (Latin: ''Regio X Venetia et Histria'') was an administrative subdivision in the northeast of Roman Italy. It was originally created by Augustus as the tenth ''regio'' in 7 AD alongside the nine other ''regiones''. The region h ...

.. * Marcus Accius, the father of Lucius Accius of Aquileia. * Marcus Accius, the father of Marcus, the quattuorvir. * Marcus Accius, the former master of Marcus Accius Primus. * Marcus Accius, the father of Marcus Accius of Hatria. * Marcus Accius, the husband of Accia Valentina, to whom he dedicated a monument at

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.''RSK'', 335. * Marcus Accius C. f., buried at

Reate Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina re ...

in Samnium, probably the former master of Gaius Accius Dio.. * Marcus Accius M. f., one of the '' quattuorviri jure dicundo'' at Volcei in

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, according to an inscription dating from the mid-first century BC.. * Marcus Accius M. f., named in an inscription from Hatria in Venetia and Histria."IlAdria", 13. * Numerius Accius, the former master of Numerius Accius Philonicus. * Publius Accius, the father of Gaius Accius Ruficanus. * Publius Accius, the former master of Publius Accius Athictus and Accia Horrea. * Publius Accius Q. f., the father of Quintus Accius Aco Auditus. * Quintus Accius, the father of Quintus Accius Masculus. * Quintus Accius, the grandfather of Quintus Accius Aco Auditus. * Quintus Accius Fus .. named in an inscription from

Ateste Ateste (modern Este, Veneto, Este, Italy) was an ancient town of Venetia (region), Venetia, at the southern foot of the Euganean hills, 43 feet above sea-level and 22 miles southwest of Patavium (modern Padua). The site was occupied in very early ti ...

in Venetia and Histria. * Spurius Accius, the father of Gaius Accius Tiro. * Titus Accius, the former master of Titus Accius Simplicius, Titus Accius Paelinus, Titus Accius Vitalis, Accia Nais, Titus Accius Cerealis, Titus Accius Salvus, Titus Accius Tiro, and Accia Thabis.. * Quintus Accius P. f. Q. n. Aco(?) Auditus, named in an inscription from Hatria.Pais, ''Supplementa Italica'', 489. * Accia Amabilis, named in a funerary inscription from

Salona Salona ( grc, Σάλωνα) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. Salona is located in the modern town of Solin, next to Split, in Croatia. Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in t ...

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.. * Accius C. l. Antiochus, a freedman named in an inscription from Rome. * Publius Accius P. l. Athictus, a freedman, and the husband of Accia Horrea, was one of the Seviri at Aquileia.. * Lucius Accius Augurinus, a soldier buried at Rome. * Lucius Accius Caeno, buried at the present site of

Hinojosa de Duero Hinojosa de Duero is a village and large municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 699 people. ...

, formerly part of Lusitania, aged fifty. * Lucius Accius L. f. Calvius, buried at

Altinum Altinum (in Altino, a ''frazione'' of Quarto d'Altino) was an ancient town of the Veneti 15 km SE of modern Treviso, close to the mainland shore of the Lagoon of Venice. It was also close to the mouths of the rivers Dese, Zero and Sile. A ...

in Venetia and Histria.. * Titus Accius T. l. Cerealis, a freedman named in a funerary inscription from

Corfinium Corfinium (Greek: ) was a city in ancient Italy, on the eastern side of the Apennines, due east of Rome, near modern Corfinio, in the province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo region). History Corfinium was the chief city of the Paeligni, situated in the v ...

in Samnium. * Marcus Accius Crescens, buried at

Norba Norba, an ancient town of Latium (''Adjectum''), Italy. It is situated 1 mile northwest of the modern town of Norma, on the western edge of the Volscian Mountains or Monti Lepini. The town is perched above a precipitous cliff with a splendid vie ...

Lusitania Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and a portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusita ...

, aged sixty years. * Gaius Accius C. M. l. Dio, a freedman buried at Reate. * Gaius Accius Diodatus, dedicated a monument to his beloved Primilla at Caesarobriga in Lusitania. * Gaius Accius C. f. Faber, named in an inscription from Hatria."IlAdria", 14. * Marcus Accius Felix, one of the

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at Rome, named in an inscription dating to about AD 210. * Marcus Accius Florus, buried at Gades in

Hispania Baetica Hispania Baetica, often abbreviated Baetica, was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula). Baetica was bordered to the west by Lusitania, and to the northeast by Hispania Tarraconensis. Baetica remained one of the basic ...

, aged seventy-five, together with Accia Stratonice.. * Accius Granius, died six days before the Kalends of September in AD 409, and buried at

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, aged seventy-five. * Gaius Accius Hedychrus, made a libationary offering to

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in Lusitania. * Accia Hel .. named in a funerary inscription found at

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in Samnium. * Accia Horrea, a freedwoman, and the wife of Publius Accius Athictus, with whom she was buried at Aquileia. * Lucius Accius Justus, made an offering at Rome during the reign of

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and

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, early in the third century. * Lucius Accius Lemnus, made an offering at

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. * Gnaeus Accius Mahes, named in a dedicatory inscription from Rome. * Accius Marcianus, died eleven days before the Kalends of November in AD 444, and buried at Altava, aged fifty-two. * Titus Accius Marcus, buried at

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with his wife, Saturnina, and son, Accius Maximus.. * Lucius Accius Mascel, buried at

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, aged fifty. * Quintus Accius Q. f. Masculus, buried at Corduba in Hispania Baetica.''CIL'' 2–7, 724. * Accius Maximus, Decurion of the colonia at

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. * Accius T. f. Maximus, son of Titus Accius Marcus and Saturnina, buried with his parents at Virunum, aged twenty-two. He was a soldier in the Second Legion. * Publius Accius Mercurius, named in an inscription from

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. * Accia Nais, a freedwoman, named in a funerary inscription from Corfinium. * Titus Accius T. l. Paelinus, a freedman named in a funerary inscription from Corfinium. * Numerius Accius N. l. Philonicus, a freedman named in a funerary inscription found at Campodipietra.. * Marcus Accius M. l. Primus, a ''vestiarius'', or clothier, buried at Narbo.. * Lucius Accius Reburrus Ter(mestinus?), buried at Salmantica in Lusitania, aged sixteen. * Quintus Accius Rogatianus Caecilianus, ''sacerdos maximus'', a high-ranking priest, named in an inscription found at Choud el-Batel, formerly part of

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, dating to the reign of Marcus Julius Philippus. * Gaius Accius P. f. Ruficanus, a veteran of the twelfth cohort of the

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at Rome.. * Titus Accius T. l. Salvus, a freedman, son of Titus Accius Tiro and Accia Thabis, who dedicated a monument to him at Corfinium.. * Titus Accius T. f. Secundus, named in a libationary inscription from Axima in the province of

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. * Titus Accius Severus, gave a libationary offering to

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, according to an inscription found at

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. * Titus Accius T. l. Simplicius, a freedman named in a funerary inscription from Corfinium. * Accius Statutus, named in a dedicatory inscription from

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. * Accia Stratonice, buried at Gades, aged sixty-five, together with Marcus Accius Florus. * Lucius Accius Terentus, made an offering to Jupiter, according to a libationary inscription from Atina in Latium, dating to either AD 114 or 144. * Gaius Accius Tertius, dedicated a monument to his brother, Gaius Julius Donatus, who was buried at Altava, aged about twenty. * Accia T. l. Thabis, a freedwoman, was the wife of Titus Accius Tiro and mother of Titus Accius Salvus. * Gaius Accius S. f. Tiro, buried at

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in Africa Proconsularis.. * Titus Accius T. l. Tiro, a freedman, was the husband of Accia Thabis, and father of Titus Accius Salvus. * Accia Valentina, a freedwoman, and the wife of Marcus Accius, buried at Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. * Lucius Accius Venustus, named in an inscription from

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in Macedonia. * Lucius Accius Vitalis, made an offering at

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in Africa Proconsularis. * Titus Accius T. l. Vitalis, a freedman, and one of the seviri at Corfinium. * Lucius Accius Zosimianus, buried at Salona, aged thirteen. * Marcus Flavius Accius, a soldier in the Twenty-Second Legion, buried at

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Brutus Marcus Junius Brutus (; ; 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC), often referred to simply as Brutus, was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar. After being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Serv ...

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De Legibus The ''De Legibus'' (''On the Laws'') is a dialogue written by Marcus Tullius Cicero during the last years of the Roman Republic. It bears the same name as Plato's famous dialogue, '' The Laws''. Unlike his previous work ''De re publica,'' in wh ...

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Pro Archia Poeta Cicero's oration ''Pro Archia Poeta'' ("On Behalf of Archias the Poet") is the published literary form of his defense of Aulus Licinius Archias, a poet accused of not being a Roman citizen. The accusation is believed to have been a political move ...

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'', ''Pro Plancio'', ''Pro Sestio''. * Titus Livius (

Livy Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Ancient Rome, Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditiona ...

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History of Rome The history of Rome includes the history of the city of Rome as well as the civilisation of ancient Rome. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman law has influenced m ...

''. * Quintus Horatius Flaccus (

Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...

), '' Epistulae''. * Gaius Plinius Secundus (

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic '' ...

), '' Historia Naturalis'' (Natural History). * Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (

Quintilian Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (; 35 – 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilia ...

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Institutio Oratoria ''Institutio Oratoria'' (English: Institutes of Oratory) is a twelve-volume textbook on the theory and practice of rhetoric by Roman rhetorician Quintilian. It was published around year 95 AD. The work deals also with the foundational education ...

'' (Institutes of Oratory). * Claudius Ptolemaeus (

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importanc ...

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Geographia The ''Geography'' ( grc-gre, Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, ''Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis'', "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the ' and the ', is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography, com ...

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Aulus Gellius Aulus Gellius (c. 125after 180 AD) was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome. He was educated in Athens, after which he returned to Rome. He is famous for his ''Attic Nights'', a commonplace book, or ...

, ''Noctes Atticae'' (Attic Nights). * ''

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 p ...

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' is the last in a series of classical dictionaries edited by the English scholar William Smith (1813–1893), following ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities'' and the ''Dictionary of Gr ...

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Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th cent ...

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Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum The ''Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum'' (''CIL'') is a comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions. It forms an authoritative source for documenting the surviving epigraphy of classical antiquity. Public and personal inscriptions throw ...

'' (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated ''CIL''), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present). * Ettore Pais, ''Corporis inscriptionum Latinarum supplementa Italica'' (Italian Supplement to the ''Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum''), Rome (1884). * René Cagnat ''et alii'', ''

L'Année épigraphique ''L'Année épigraphique'' (''The Epigraphic Year'', standard abbreviation ''AE'') is a French publication on epigraphy (i.e the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing). It was set up by René Cagnat, as holder of the chair of 'Epigraphy an ...

'' (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated ''AE''), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present). * Bruna Forlati Tamaro, "Inscrizioni Inedite di Adria" (Unedited Inscriptions from Adria, abbreviated "IlAdria"), in ''Epigraphica'', vol. 18, pp. 50–76 (1956). * Jean Marcillet-Jaubert, ''Les Inscriptions d’Altava'' (The Inscriptions of Altava, abbreviated ''IdAltava''), Aix-en-Provence (1968). * Brigitte and Hartmut Galsterer, ''Die Römischen Steininschriften aus Köln'' (The Roman Stone Inscriptions of Cologne, abbreviated ''RSK''), Cologne (1975). * Ángeles Alonso Ávila and Santos Crespo Ortiz de Zárate, ''Corpus de Inscripciones Romanas de la Provincia de Salamanca'' (The Body of Roman Inscriptions from the Province of Salamanca, abbreviated ''CIRPSalamanca''), Valladolid (1999). {{DEFAULTSORT:Accia gens Roman gentes

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