Quinctius

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Quinctius (plural Quinctii) was the name of a gens of Roman Republic. The female form of the name is Quinctia, the adjective Quinctian.

Among the most prominent members of the Quinctii:

• Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus, consul in 471, 468, 465, 446, 443, and 439 BC;
• Titus Quinctius Poenus Cincinnatus, consul in 431 and 438 BC;
• Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, two times dictator;
• Titus Quinctius Flamininus, consul in 198 BC and winner of the Battle of Cynoscephalae;
• Lucius Quinctius T.f. Flaminius, consul in 189 BC;
• Tiberius Quinctius Flaminius, censor in 189 BC
• Titus Quinctius Atta, poet (d. 77 BC).