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Gargonia (gens)
The
gens
Gargonia
was
a minor
Roman
family during first and second centuries BC. Some of the gens were of
equestrian rank
, but
none
appear
to have held any
curule
magistracies
.
Members
Quintus
Gargonius, the former master of Aulus Gargonius.
Aulus Gargonius Q. l., a
freedman
whose name
appears
in
a list
of
foremen
who built a
wall
and
parapet
for
Ceres
at
Capua
in
106 BC
.
Gaius Gargonius,
triumvir
monetalis
in
86 BC
.
Gaius Gargonius, an
eques
of little education, but a clear and
intelligent
speaker
, according to
Cicero
.
Gaius Gargonius, ridiculed by
Horace
in the
Satires
. Found as "Gorgonius" in some
manuscripts
.
Gargonius, a
rhetorician
mentioned by
Seneca the Elder
.
Gnaeus Gargonius Paullinus, buried along the
Via
Flaminia
at Fulginium.
