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'''Spurinna''' may refer to:
'''Spurinna''' is an [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]] name. The [[Tomb of Orcus]] in [[Tarquinia]] belonged to an offshoot of the family.


* [[Titus Vestricius Spurinna]] (c. 24–after 105 AD), two-time Roman consul and friend of [[Pliny the Younger]]
Notable Spurinnae include:
* Members of the [[Spurinnia gens|gens Spurinnia]]
* '''[[Velthur Spurinna]]''' (5th century BC), from Tarquinia, who led an Etruscan contingent to Sicily to aid Athens in the siege of Syracuse (414–413 BC).
* '''Spurinna''', who according to [[Suetonius]] was the [[haruspex]] who warned [[Julius Caesar]] about the [[Ides of March]].<ref>Suetonius, ''Divus Julius'' 81.</ref>
* Spurinna, a [[haruspex]] who warned [[Julius Caesar]] about the [[Ides of March]]
* [[Titus Vestricius Spurinna]] (c. 24–after 105 AD), a two-time [[Roman consul|consul]] and friend of [[Pliny the Younger]].
* '''Vestricius Spurinna''', a general under [[Otho]].


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== References ==
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[[Category:Ancient Roman prosopographical lists]]
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Latest revision as of 17:00, 30 June 2023

Spurinna may refer to: