Mucius

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Mucius (feminine form Mucia ) was the noun of the plebeian gens Mucia , an ancient family of the Roman Republic . The most important branch of the family wore the cognomen Scaevola ("left hand"; for the relatives see there).

Family members outside the branch of the Scaevolae:

Quintus Mucius Orestinus , tribune of the people 64 BC Chr.
Titus Mucius Clemens , knightly officer of the 1st century AD
Publius Mucius Verus , knightly official at the beginning of the 3rd century AD.

literature

Karl-Ludwig Elvers, Christian Müller, Thomas Frigo, Peter C. Nadig, Tassilo Schmitt, Werner Eck: Mucius. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 .