Traula gens
Roman gens
The gens Traula, also found as Traulia or Traullia, was an obscure plebeian family of equestrian rank at ancient Rome. Only one member of this gens seems to be mentioned by Roman writers: Sextus Traulus Montanus, whom Claudius put to death in AD 48. A few others are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The nomen Traulus is of Etruscan derivation, and some of the inscriptions of this gens are from the Etruscan city of Volaterrae.
Members
This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
Sextus Traulus Montanus, a young eques, was seduced by the empress Messalina, who discarded him immediately thereafter. Despite the brevity of their affair, Claudius had him put to death along with Messalina's various paramours in AD 48.
Traulus, a potter whose work has been found in Venetia and Histria and Pannonia Superior. His maker's mark seems to identify his partner as Crispinilla, and their wares have been dated to the middle portion of the first century.
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