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The gens Appuleia, occasionally written Apuleia, was a plebeian family at Rome, which flourished from the 5th century BC into imperial times. The first of the gens to achieve importance was Lucius Appuleius, tribune of the plebs in 391 BC.
Praenomina used by the gens The principal names used by the Appuleii were Lucius, Sextus, and Gaius. There is one early instance of the praenomen Quintus, but Marcus and Gnaeus are not found before the 1st century BC. Branches and cognomina of the gens The cognomina of this gens are Decianus, Pansa, and Saturninus. Of these, only Saturninus was a regular surname. Decianus was first used by a member adopted from the Decia gens, and passed to his children. Members of the gens - Lucius Appuleius, tribunus plebis in 391 BC, impeached Camillus for having secreted part of the spoils of Veii.[1][2]
- Quintus Appuleius Pansa, consul in 300 BC.
- Lucius Appuleius, one of the Roman ambassadors sent in 156 BC to examine the state of affairs between Attalus and Prusias.[3]
- Appuleius, proquaestor, perhaps of Quintus Marcius Philippus, proconsul in Asia in 55 BC.[4]
- Appuleius, a praediator mentioned by Cicero in two of his letters.[5]
- Marcus Appuleius, quaestor in Asia at the time of Caesar's death in 44 BC, proscribed by the triumvirs, but afterward restored to his native country.
- Appuleius, probably tribunus plebis, proscribed by the triumvirs in 43 BC, and escaped with his wife to Sicilia.[6]
- Sextus Appuleius Sex. f. Sex. n., consul in 29 BC.
- Marcus Appuleius Sex. f. Sex. n., consul in 20 BC, possibly the same person as Marcus Appuleius.[7]
- Sextus Appuleius Sex. f. Sex. n., consul in AD 14, a relation of Augustus.
- Appuleius Celsus, a physician from Centuripa in Sicilia, who was the tutor of Valens and Scribonius Largus.[8]
- Appuleius, perhaps named Lucius, author of Metamorphoses, or The Golden Ass.
- Lucius Appuleius Barbarus, a botanical writer, probably dating to the 4th century.
Appuleii Saturnini Appuleii Deciani See also List of Roman gentes References es:Gens Appuleia ru: uk:
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