Terentius
Terentius was the name ( nomen gentile ) of a family in ancient Rome, the gens Terentia . The family originally came from the Sabinerland and had provided senators since the Second Punic War . The most important branch were the Terentii Varrones.
Well-known namesake
- Terenz , complete Publius Terentius Afer (* around 195/190 BC in Carthage; † 159/158 BC), Roman author
- Decimus Terentius Gentianus , Roman politician (* approx. 89/90 AD)
- Hedius Lollianus Terentius Gentianus , Roman politician and consul in AD 211
- Gaius Terentius Istra , Roman praetor 182 BC. Chr.
- Gaius Terentius Lucanus , Roman mint master
- Terentius Maximus , Roman usurper around 79/80 AD.
- Decimus Terentius Scaurianus , Roman governor of Dacia
- Gnaeus Lucius Terentius Homullus Junior , Roman suffect consul 146
- Aulus Terrentius Varro , Roman mint master
- Aulus Terentius Varro (Praetor) , Roman Praetor 184 BC. In Hispania citerior
- Aulus Terentius Varro (envoy) , 146 BC. BC Member of a commission of ten for the conversion of Greece into a Roman province
- Gaius Terentius Varro , Roman consul in 216 BC. Chr.
- Lucius Terentius Serenus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Marcus Terentius Quirinalis , Roman commander
- Marcus Terentius Varro , (* 116 BC in Reate in the Sabinerland, today Rieti; † 27 BC) Roman polyhistor
- Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (116 BC – 56 BC), Roman politician and general
- Aulus Terentius Varro Murena , Roman general
- Terentius dux , one or two personalities who perceived a ducat each in the provinces of Valeria and Armenia in a very timely space under Valentinian I.
- Terentius of Faenza , saint of the 12th century