Triaria gens

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Triaria, the sister-in-law of Vitellius, armed with a bident, in an illustration from Boccaccio's On Famous Women.

The gens Triaria was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Only a few members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers,[1] but two of them attained the consulship in imperial times. Other Triarii are known from inscriptions.

The nomen Triarius is based on the Latin number tres, three. A triarius was a veteran soldier who stood in the third rank of an infantry formation.[2]

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

Undated Triarii

  • Quintus Triarius Q. f. Dexter, buried at Rome, aged forty, in a tomb dedicated by his friend, Sergia Thais.[18]

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