Terentius (gens)
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gens Terentia, Roman gens. Its famous members include:
[edit] Male members
- Publius Terentius Afer, the playwright, a slave then freedman of a member of the family, who thus took its name
- Gaius Terentius Varro, consul, defeated at Cannae
- Marcus Terentius Varro, historian
- Terentius Maximus, pretender to the imperial throne
- Quintus Terentius Scaurus, grammarian
- Publius Terentius Varro Atacinus, poet
[edit] Female members
- Terentia, wife of Cicero
- Terentia Alba, wife of Lucius Otho and mother of the emperor Otho