The gens Vetilia, also written Vecilia, was a minor plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens never attained much importance in the Roman state.[1]

Origin

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The Vetilii were probably of Etruscan origin, their nomen being Latinised from the Etruscan Vetlnei.[2]

Members

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  • Gaius Vetilius, praetor in 147 BC, was sent to Spain, where after initial successes against the Lusitanians, he was defeated by Viriathus near Tribola, and slain.[3][4][5]
  • Vetilius, a leno, or pandar, to whom a certain Juventius left a legacy. The praetor Quintus Metellus refused Vetilius' claim for the property on account of his unsavoury occupation.[6]
  • Publius Vetilius, described by Cicero as a relative of Sextus Aebutius, was one of the witnesses in the trial of Aulus Caecina Severus.[7][8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 1249 ("Vetilius").
  2. ^ PW, Vetilius.
  3. ^ Appian, Hispanica, 61–63.
  4. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 1269 ("Viriathus").
  5. ^ PW, Vetilius 1.
  6. ^ Valerius Maximus, vii. 7. § 7.
  7. ^ Cicero, Pro Caecina, 9
  8. ^ PW, Vetilius 2.

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