Turcia gens

The gens Turcia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens appear in history, but a number are known from inscriptions, which indicate that the Turcii first came to prominence in the time of Augustus. After a period of relative unimportance, they repeatedly attained the highest offices of the Roman state from the third to the fifth century, holding several consulships.

Praenomina

The main praenomina of the Turcii were Lucius, Gaius, and Publius, each of which was common throughout Roman history. One of the earliest known members of this gens bore the more distinctive praenomen Numerius, which was relatively uncommon at Rome, although more widespread in the countryside, and in Oscan-speaking regions of Italy.

Branches and cognomina

The only distinct family of the Turcii bore the cognomen Apronianus, indicating descent from the Apronia gens. The Turcii Aproniani were already of senatorial rank by the third century, and repeatedly held high office through and beyond the end of the Western Empire.

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

Numerius Turcius C. f., a man of praetorian rank, named in an inscription from Auximum in Picenum, dating from the Augustan era, along with his wife, the freedwoman Cocceia Italia, and his son, Gaius Turcius Rufus.