Livier

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The Livii (Latin gens Livia or Livii ) were a Roman Plebejerfamilie . She came from Latium and was one of the first Latin families in 338 BC. In the Roman citizenship over. The progenitor is Marcus Livius Denter , who was born in 302 BC. Became consul . As early as 348 BC There was a Livius Drusus as Magister equitum , who founded the rise of the family and the most important branch of the Drusi . This nickname is said to go back to the Celtic Wars. Since the 3rd century BC There was a close relationship between the Livians and the Aemilians , one of the oldest patrician families in Rome.

Marcus Livius Salinator is considered to be the second founder of the gens . From him the branches of the Drusi and Salinatores went out. In both lines the prenomen Marcus and Gaius are mainly found . After the death of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger, the family ensured their continued existence through adoptions , primarily of Claudians and perhaps Scribonians .

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