Luria gens

Ancient Roman family

The gens Luria was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Although many Lurii are known from inscriptions, the only member of this gens to play a significant role in history was Marcus Lurius, a lieutenant of Octavian in the years following the death of Caesar.[1]

## Members

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* Marcus Lurius, governor of Sardinia in 40 BC, during the war against Sextus Pompey, fought off an invasion led by Menas; but while giving chase he was defeated, and forced to abandon the island.[2][3] In 31 BC, Lurius commanded the right wing of Octavian's fleet at the Battle of Actium.[4]
* Publius Lurius Agrippa, a triumvir monetalis in the time of Augustus.[5][6][7][8]
* Lurius Varus, consul sometime between 40 and 46, was expelled from the Senate for extortion while as proconsul of Pannonia or Dalmatia. He secured his re-admittance in 57 with the help of Otho.[9][8]
* Marcus Lurius Varus, mentioned in an inscription at Reate. His relation to the other Lurii is uncertain.[8]

## See also

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* List of Roman gentes

## References

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1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 841 ("M. Lurius").
2. ^ Cassius Dio, xlviii. 30.
3. ^ Appian, Bellum Civile, v. 56.
4. ^ Velleius Paterculus, ii. 85.
5. ^ Ursinus, Familiae Romanae.
6. ^ Vaillant, Numismata Imperatorum, s.v. "Lurii".
7. ^ Syme, "Lurius Varus", p. 169.
8. ^ a b c Jacques, "L'origine du domane de la Villa Magna Variana", p. 66.
9. ^ Syme, "Lurius Varus", pp. 165, 169.

## Bibliography

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* Appianus Alexandrinus (Appian), Bellum Civile (The Civil War).
* Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus (Cassius Dio), Roman History.
* Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History.
* Fulvius Ursinus, Familiae Romanae quae Reperiuntur in Antiquis Numismatibus (Roman Families Found in Ancient Coins), Rome (1577).
* Jean Foy-Vaillant, Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora a Julio Caesare ad Postumus (Outstanding Imperial Coins from Caesar to Postumus), Giovanni Battista Bernabò & Giuseppe Lazzarini, Rome (1674, 1743).
* Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
* Ronald Syme, "Lurius Varus, a Stray Consular Legate", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. 88, pp. 165–169 (1984).
* François Jacques, "L'origine du domaine de la Villa Magna Variana id est Mappalia Siga (Henchir Mettich): une hypothèse", in Antiquités africaines, vol. 29, pp. 63–69 (1993).