Apronia gens
Introduction The '''''gens Apronia''''' was a plebeian family at ancient Rome throughout the history of the Republic and into imperial times. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Gaius Apronius, tribune of the plebs in 449 BC. None of the Apronii obtained the consulship until the first century AD.
Praenomina The Apronii are known to have used the praenomina ''Gaius, Quintus'', and ''Lucius''.
Branches and cognomina The only ''cognomen'' associated with the Apronii is ''Caesianus'', which is probably derived from the ''nomen'' of the gens Caesia, and may indicate descent from the Caesii through the female line.
Members * Gaius Apronius, elected one of the tribunes of the plebs on the abolition of the decemvirate in 449 BC. * Quintus Apronius, the chief of the decumani in Sicily during the government of Verres (73-71 BC), was the target of Cicero's vituperation for his rapacity, sexual perversions, and varieties of wickedness. * Lucius Apronius, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 8, and subsequently proconsul in Africa and propraetor in Germania Inferior, where he was unsuccessful in quelling in a revolt of the Frisii. * Apronia L. f., murdered by her husband, Marcus Plautius Silvanus, praetor in AD 24. * Apronia L. f., wife of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus, consul in AD 26. * Lucius Apronius L. f. Caesianus, consul in AD 39.
See also * List of Roman gentes
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