Seia Gens
The gens Seia was a minor plebeian family of equestrian rank at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned in the time of Cicero, and a few of them held various magistracies under the late Republic and into imperial times. Origin The nomen ''Seius'' is derived from the name of Seia, the goddess of sowing. Chase classifies it among those gentilicia that either originated at Rome, or cannot be shown to have come from anywhere else. Praenomina The main praenomina of the Seii were '' Lucius'' and '' Marcus'', two of the most common names throughout Roman history. Other common names were occasionally used, including '' Gnaeus'', '' Publius'', and '' Quintus''. Members * Marcus Seius L. f., a friend of Cicero, who despite having been heavily fined early in his career, spent lavishly as curule aedile. He was the accuser of Marcus Saufeius, whom Cicero defended on the charge that he had participated in the murder of Publius Clodius Pulcher. * Quintus Seius Postumus ...
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