• Publius Plautius, the grandfather of Gaius Plautius Proculus, consul in 357 BC. • Publius P. f. Plautius, the father of Gaius Plautius Proculus.
Plautii Vennones et Hypsaei • Lucius Plautius Venno, the grandfather of the consul of 347 and 341 BC. • Lucius Plautius Hypsaeus,
triumvir monetalis between 194 and 190 BC, probably the son of Lucius Plautius Hypsaeus, praetor in 189 BC. • Gaius Plautius Hypsaeus, praetor in 146 BC, was assigned the province of
Hispania Ulterior. He was severely defeated twice by
Viriathus, and forced into exile after returning to Rome. • Lucius Plautius (L. f.) Hypsaeus, praetor in
Sicily during the
First Servile War, was defeated by the slaves. Broughton tentatively places his praetorship in 139 BC. • Marcus Plautius Hypsaeus, consul in 125 BC, was appointed to redistribute portions of the
ager publicus that had been illegally occupied. Cicero criticizes Plautius' understanding of the law. • Marcus Plautius Hypsaeus, praetor or
propraetor in Asia in an uncertain year before 90 BC, and perhaps a legate under Sulla. He might be the same Plautius who took his own life on returning from Asia, only to learn of the death of his wife, Orestilla. •
Publius Plautius Hypsaeus, an ally of
Gnaeus Pompeius, under whom he had served as
quaestor. He was a candidate for the consulship in 54 BC, but at the trial of
Titus Annius Milo, Hypsaeus' slaves confessed under torture that he had committed bribery in order to win election, and he was banished.
Plautii Silvani • Aulus Plautius, father of the ambassador in Crete in 113 BC. • Quintus Plautius A. f., a senator and ambassador in Crete in 113 BC. He very likely belonged to this branch as his praenomen and that of his father, Aulus, are only found among them. • Aulus Plautius (Varus),
tribune of the plebs in 70 BC, and legate in Sicily and the Adriatic Sea under Pompey in 67. The cognomen Varus found in Appian is probably a mistake. He might have been the same as Aulus Plautius, tribune of the plebs in 56 BC, or his father. •
Marcus Plautius Silvanus, tribune of the plebs in 89 BC, passed
a law which granted
Roman citizenship to all the
Italian allies, and another which limited the number of
equestrian jurors in the courts. • Aulus Plautius, proconsul of Cyprus circa 22/21 BC. Probably the son of the tribune of the plebs in 56 BC. • Marcus Plautius A. f. Silvanus, husband of
Urgulania, probably son of the tribune of the plebs in 56 BC. •
Aulus Plautius A. f., consul
suffectus in 1 BC. He married a Vitellia. Probably son of the proconsul of Cyprus. •
Marcus Plautius M. f. A. n. Silvanus, consul in 2 BC. Son of Silvanus and Urgulania. •
Marcus Plautius M. f. M. n. Silvanus, praetor in AD 24, was condemned to death for having murdered his second wife, Apronia. His first wife,
Fabia Numantina, was charged with having caused his insanity through the use of witchcraft, but was acquitted. Eldest son of the consul of 2 BC and Lartia. • Publius Plautius M. f. M. n. Pulcher, quaestor in 31, son of the consul of 2 BC and Lartia. •
Plautia M. f. M. n. Urgulanilla, the first wife of Claudius. Probably the son of the consul of 1 BC and Vitellia. •
Quintus Plautius A. f. A. n., consul in AD 36. Probably the son of the consul of 1 BC and Vitellia. He probably married a Sextia Laterana. •
Plautius Q. f. A. n. Lateranus, one of the paramours of the empress
Messalina, he was pardoned by Claudius out of respect for his famous uncle. Consul elect for AD 66, he participated in the
conspiracy of Piso, and was put to death, bravely refusing to reveal the names of his fellow conspirators. Probably the son of the consul of 36 AD and Sextia. • Plautia, possible wife of
Lucius Antistius Vetus, probably the daughter of the consul of 36 AD and Sextia. • Plautia, speculative daughter of the governor of Britain and wife of
Titus Flavius Sabinus • Aulus Plautius, a young man put to death by
Nero. Probably the son of Plautius Pulcher. •
Tiberius Plautius M. f. M. n. Silvanus Aelianus, consul
suffectus from the Kalends of March to the Kalends of July in AD 45. In 74, he was chosen consul for the second time, replacing
Vespasian on the Ides of January, and serving with
Titus until the Ides of May. Probably the adoptive son of the convicted murderer. • Plautia Laterana, wife of
Publius Quinctilius Varus the Younger. Probably the daughter of the consul elect of 66 AD. •
Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Ti. f. M. n. Aelianus, consul
suffectus in AD 80, replacing
Domitian on the Ides of January, and serving until the Kalends of March. Son of the suffect consul Tiberius Silvanus. • Plautia A. f. Quinctilia, wife of Publius Helvidius Priscus (son of the consul). She may have been the daughter of Aulus Plautius who was put to death by Nero. • Plautia [...]lacuna, daughter of the suffect consul Tiberius Silvanus. •
Plautia, wife of Lucius Ceionius Commodus, Gaius Avidius Nigrinus and Sextus Vettulenus Civica Cerialis. Possibly a daughter of Plautius Aelianus the consul of 80 AD. • Plautia (or Aelia), possible mother of
Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus. Possibly a daughter of Plautius Aelianus the consul of 80 AD.
Others •
Publius Plautius Rufus • Novius Plautius, a skilled metalworker, who probably lived about the middle of the third century BC. Many of his caskets have been found at
Praeneste. • Plautius, a comic poet. According to
Varro, he was frequently confused with
Plautus, to whom his comedies were mistakenly attributed. •
Lucius Plotius Gallus, came to Rome from Cisalpine Gaul
circa 88 BC, to establish the first school for
Latin and
rhetoric. He was very influential on the development of Roman rhetoric, and authored arguments for some of the leading advocates of his day. He was highly regarded by the young Cicero. • Marcus Plotius, one of
Caesar's envoys to the proconsul
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus in 48 BC, who urged him to leave
Pompeius, but to no effect. • Lucius Plautius Plancus, born Gaius Munatius Plancus, but adopted by one of the Plautii. He was the brother of
Lucius Munatius Plancus, consul in 42, Titus Munatius Plancus Bursa, a partisan of
Marcus Antonius, and Gnaeus Munatius Plancus, praetor in 43. Plautius was proscribed by the
triumvirs, and gave himself up to preserve the lives of his slaves, who were being tortured to reveal his hiding place. • Plotius Numida, fought in the
Cantabrian Wars. His safe return to Italy was celebrated by his friend, the poet
Horace, in one of his odes. • Gaius Plautius Rufus, one of the
triumviri monetalis during the time of
Augustus. He may be the same person as the conspirator. • Plotius Tucca, a friend of the poets Horace and
Virgil. Virgil named him one of his heirs, to whom he gave his unfinished writings, including the manuscript of the
Aeneid. • Plautius Rufus, one of those who conspired against Augustus. He may be the same as Gaius Plotius Rufus. • Plotius Firmus, one of
Otho's allies, who rose from humble beginnings to become praetorian prefect. He successfully quelled a mutiny through a combination of personal charisma and bribery, and encouraged the emperor to be brave and trust in his army. • Plotius Griphus, one of Vespasian's supporters, appointed praetor in AD 70. • Plautius, a notable jurist, who must have lived about the time of
Vespasian. •
Plautius Quintillus, consul in AD 159, married
Ceionia Fabia, the sister of
Lucius Verus. •
Lucius Titius Plautius Aquilinus, consul in AD 162. •
Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus, consul in AD 177, with his brother-in-law,
Commodus. He was an
augur, and one of Commodus' trusted advisors, but escaped the wrath of his successors until 205, when
Septimius Severus ordered his death. • Plautius M. f. Quintillus, son of Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus, and nephew of Commodus. • Plautia Servilia, daughter of Quintillus, and niece of Commodus. • Marius Plotius Sacerdos, a late Latin grammarian, probably belonging to the fifth or sixth centuries, and the author of
De Metris Liber, originally the third part of a treatise on grammar. ==See also==