Plaguleia gens

The nomen Plaguleius belongs to a large class of names ending in -eius, which is typically, although not exclusively of Oscan derivation. The only similar word in Latin seems to be plagulus, a curtain, suggesting that the nomen could possibly be occupational, referring to a curtain-maker, although that would more regularly be plagularius. ==Members==

• Plaguleius, a partisan of Publius Clodius Pulcher. • Gaius Plaguleius Ampliatus, built a tomb at Rome for his mother, Claudia Psyche, and his wife, Julia Hermione. • Gaius Plaguleius C. l. Fortunatus, a freedman buried at Rome between AD 1 and 30. • Plaguleia Glaphyra, buried at Rome, in a tomb built by Lucius Licinius Anteros. • Plaguleia A. (f.?) Prima, buried at Rome. • Gaius Plaguleius Ɔ l. Trophimus, a freedman named in an inscription from Rome. ==See also==