The ''gens Carpinatia'' was a Ancient Rome, Roman family towards the end of the Roman Republic, Republic. It is best known from a single individual, Lucius Carpinatius, one of the ''publicani'' in Sicily during the government of Verres, with whom he was very intimate. Cicero describes him as ''pro-magister'', or deputy manager of the publicani, and calls him a second Timarchides, referring to one of the chief agents of Verres in his robberies and oppressions.
[''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', William Smith (lexicographer), William Smith, Editor.]
See also
* List of Roman gentes
Footnotes
Roman gentes
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