Marcia gens

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The Marcia gens was an ancient Roman family or clan, traditionally traced back to the early king Ancus Marcius and notable for producing several important political and military figures of the Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman family
ancient Roman gens
associatedPraenomina Gaius NERFINISHED
Lucius NERFINISHED
Marcus NERFINISHED
Quintus NERFINISHED
country Ancient Rome NERFINISHED
hasLegendaryAncestor Ancus Marcius NERFINISHED
languageOfName Latin
mentionedInSource Cicero NERFINISHED
Livy NERFINISHED
Plutarch NERFINISHED
namedAfter Ancus Marcius NERFINISHED
nomen Marcius NERFINISHED
notableBranch Marcii Censorini NERFINISHED
Marcii Philippi NERFINISHED
Marcii Reges NERFINISHED
Marcii Rutili NERFINISHED
notableCognomen Censorinus NERFINISHED
Philippus NERFINISHED
Rex
Rutilus NERFINISHED
originMyth descent from Numa Pompilius through Ancus Marcius (in some traditions)
politicalAlignment varied; members associated with both populares and optimates at different times
producedMilitaryCommander Gaius Marcius Rutilus NERFINISHED
Quintus Marcius Philippus NERFINISHED
Quintus Marcius Rex NERFINISHED
producedOfficeHolder Gaius Marcius Rutilus (consul 357, 352, 344, 342 BC) NERFINISHED
Gaius Marcius Rutilus Censorinus (consul 310, 294 BC) NERFINISHED
Lucius Marcius Censorinus (consul 39 BC) NERFINISHED
Lucius Marcius Philippus (consul 91 BC) NERFINISHED
Quintus Marcius Philippus (consul 186, 169 BC) NERFINISHED
Quintus Marcius Rex (consul 118 BC) NERFINISHED
Quintus Marcius Rex (praetor 144 BC, consul 118 BC) NERFINISHED
Quintus Marcius Tremulus (consul 306, 288 BC) NERFINISHED
producedStatesman Gaius Marcius Rutilus Censorinus NERFINISHED
Lucius Marcius Philippus NERFINISHED
Quintus Marcius Philippus NERFINISHED
religiousAssociation cult of Mars (by etymological and traditional association)
socialStatus patrician (possibly, in early tradition)
plebeian
timePeriod Roman Empire (later continuity of the name) NERFINISHED
Roman Republic
traditionalOriginPeriod Roman Kingdom NERFINISHED
traditionalReputation ancient and noble origin

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marcia familyName Marcia gens
Ancus Marcius house Marcia gens