Spedia gens


The gens Spedia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned in ancient writers, but many are known from inscriptions, and several were locally important, serving as duumvirs at Antinum in Samnium, Pompeii in Campania, and Sarmizegetusa in Dacia.

Origin

The nomen Spedius is probably of Oscan origin, as many of the inscriptions of this gens are from Samnium and surrounding regions in central and southern Italy, and the early Spedii used a number of Oscan praenomina.

Praenomina

The Spedii used a variety of common praenomina, chiefly Lucius, Gaius, Publius, and Quintus. The older epigraphy shows that they used the less-common praenomina Vibius, Numerius, and Salvius, all of which were typical in families from Oscan-speaking regions.

Members