Numitoria (gens)

Origin

Branches and cognomina

Members

• Lucius Numitorius, elected tribune of the plebs in 470 BC, the first year in which the tribunes were elected by the comitia tributa.
• Numitoria, wife of the centurion Lucius Verginius, and the mother of Verginia.
• Publius Numitorius, the uncle of Verginia, opposed the schemes of Appius Claudius Crassus, and after the downfall of the decemvirs in 449 BC, was elected tribune of the plebs. He accused the decemvir Spurius Oppius Cornicen of cruelly beating an old soldier, resulting in Oppius' condemnation and execution.
• Gaius Numitorius, triumvir monetalis in 133 BC.
• Quintus Numitorius Pullus, a native of Fregellae, which revolted in 125 BC, demanding Roman citizenship. Numitorius betrayed the Fregellates to the praetor Lucius Opimius, who captured and destroyed the town. His daughter was the wife of Marcus Antonius Creticus.
• Gaius Numitorius C. f., a senator in 101 BC, son of Gaius Numitorius, the moneyer of 133. He was killed by partisans of Marius and Cinna in 87 and his body was then dragged through the Forum.
• Numitoria Q. f., the wife of Marcus Antonius Creticus. They had no children.
• Gaius Numitorius, an eques who testified against Verres.
• Numitorius, the publisher of Vergil's Eclogues.

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