Marcia gens

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The Marcia gens was an ancient Roman family or clan, traditionally traced back to the early king Ancus Marcius and notable for producing several important political and military figures of the Republic.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marcia gens canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman family ⓘ
ancient Roman gens ⓘ
associatedPraenomina Gaius ⓘ
Lucius ⓘ
Marcus ⓘ
Quintus ⓘ
country Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
hasLegendaryAncestor Ancus Marcius ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
mentionedInSource Cicero ⓘ
Livy ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
namedAfter Ancus Marcius ⓘ
nomen Marcius ⓘ
notableBranch Marcii Censorini ⓘ
Marcii Philippi ⓘ
Marcii Reges ⓘ
Marcii Rutili ⓘ
notableCognomen Censorinus ⓘ
Philippus ⓘ
Rex ⓘ
Rutilus ⓘ
originMyth descent from Numa Pompilius through Ancus Marcius (in some traditions) ⓘ
politicalAlignment varied; members associated with both populares and optimates at different times ⓘ
producedMilitaryCommander Gaius Marcius Rutilus ⓘ
linked to: Marcius

Quintus Marcius Philippus ⓘ
Quintus Marcius Rex ⓘ
producedOfficeHolder Gaius Marcius Rutilus (consul 357, 352, 344, 342 BC) ⓘ
Gaius Marcius Rutilus Censorinus (consul 310, 294 BC) ⓘ
Lucius Marcius Censorinus (consul 39 BC) ⓘ
Lucius Marcius Philippus (consul 91 BC) ⓘ
Quintus Marcius Philippus (consul 186, 169 BC) ⓘ
Quintus Marcius Rex (consul 118 BC) ⓘ
Quintus Marcius Rex (praetor 144 BC, consul 118 BC) ⓘ
Quintus Marcius Tremulus (consul 306, 288 BC) ⓘ
producedStatesman Gaius Marcius Rutilus Censorinus ⓘ
Lucius Marcius Philippus ⓘ
Quintus Marcius Philippus ⓘ
religiousAssociation cult of Mars (by etymological and traditional association) ⓘ
socialStatus patrician (possibly, in early tradition) ⓘ
plebeian ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Empire (later continuity of the name) ⓘ
linked to: Roman Empire

Roman Republic ⓘ
traditionalOriginPeriod Roman Kingdom ⓘ
traditionalReputation ancient and noble origin ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancus Marcius → house → Marcia gens ⓘ
Marcia → familyName → Marcia gens ⓘ