Vergilia gens
Roman gens
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The Vergilia gens (or Virgilia) was a Roman gens.
The gens probably originates from Campania, being closely associated with the Magia gens.[1] The name closely resembles Vergiliae, the Latin name for the Pleiades, although no direct etymology is known. Scholars have speculated that the name is originally Celtic,[2] but there is little direct evidence to support this.[3]
The gens Vergilia was spread throughout Italy, attested in Verona, Aquileia, Cremona, and Brescia.[4]
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- Marcus Virgilius: Tribune of the plebs in 87 BC, initiated legal proceedings against Sulla at the instigation of Cinna.[5]: 47
- Gaius Vergilius Balbus: praetor in 62 BC, propraetor in Sicily in 61 BC[5]: 173, 181
- Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces, freedman and former slave of the 1st century BCE interred in the Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker
- Publius Virgilius Maro: poet, born on 15 October 70 BC[6]