Esuvia gens

{{Short description|Roman gens}}

The Esuvia gens was an ancient Roman gens known from the imperial period, probably derived from the Gallic tribe name Esuvii.{{Cite journal |title=Analecta epigraphica CCLXXII-CCLXXXV |journal=Arctos: Acta Philologica Fennica |last=Solin |first=Heikki |date=2012 |issue=46 |volume=XLVI |pages=193–237}} The best known member of this gens are the Gallic Emperor Tetricus I and his son Tetricus II.

Members

  • Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus, better known as Tetricus I
  • Gaius C.f. Pius Esuvius Tetricus, better known as Tetricus II
  • Esuvius Modetus, man recorded in an inscription in Rieti{{Cite book |title=Scritti minori |last=Devoto |first=Giacomo |publisher=F. Le Monnier |year=1958 |pages=71 |language=It |volume=2}}
  • Esuvia Accintula, woman recorded in an inscription in Castra Lambaesitana, Numidia
  • Esuvius Faustianus, a proconsular man recorded in an inscription in Tebessa, Africa
  • Esuvia Quintula, woman recorded in an inscription in Africa{{Cite book |title=Inscriptiones Africae latinae |publisher=G. Reimerum |year=1942 |pages=25 |language=La}}

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