The ''gens Caeparia'' was a
Roman family during the late
Republic
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. It is best known from two individuals:
Marcus Caeparius Marcus Caeparius (died 63 BC) was a Roman politician who participated in the Catiline Conspiracy.
He came from the Latin town of Tarracina and was preparing to travel to Apulia
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of Tarracina, one of the conspirators of
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Apulia
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to revolt, in 63 BC; and another Marcus Caeparius, mentioned by
Cicero in 46 BC.
Origin
The
Nomen ''Caeparius'' is
Latin for "a trader in onions"
caeparius"
in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) ''A Latin Dictionary'', Oxford: Clarendon Press
See also
* List of Roman gentes
References
Roman gentes
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