Lucretia

The genus Lucretius is of Etruscan origin. The generic name is probably derived from the Latin word “ lucrum ” - “profit, profit”.

The patrician representatives of the Lucretii preferred to use the prenomenes of Lucius, Spurius, Quintus, Publius, and also the rarely used Gost and Opiter.

Among the plebeian Lucretius used prenomeny Lucius, Mark, Spuriy, Quint. There are prenomeny Guy, Gnei, Tit.

The patrician Lucretia includes the Tricipitin family. Among the plebeian Lucretius, the Gall, Ophella, and Vespillon families are known.

• Spurius Lucretius Tricipitin - Roman politician of the end of the VI century BC. er He was the father of the famous Lucretia ;
• Lucretia - the wife of the Roman patrician Tarquinia Collatina and the daughter of the consul Spuria Lucretia Tricipitina . She was raped by the son of Tarquinius the Proud, which resulted in an uprising, the fall of Tarquinia and the establishment of a republic in Rome;
• Lucius Lucretius Tricipitin - Roman politician middle. V century BC. er In 462 BC. er defeated the army of the Volskians;
• Mark Lucretius - plebeian tribune in 210. In this position, in the course of disputes over the appointment of a dictator, he sought the opinions of senators who decided to turn to the current consul Mark Valery to appeal to the centuriate national assembly , but he ignored the will of the senate ^[1] ;
• Mark Lucretius - the same as the previous one, was a tribune of the people (in 172 BC);
• Lucretius Vespillon - plebeian edil 133 years BC. er ^{[2] [3] [4]} . The first carrier of the Vesprillon cognomen ;
• Quint Lucretius Ofella - Roman commander. In 82 BC er on the orders of Sulla, besieged Guy Maria the Younger in Preneste ;
• Quint Lucretius (d. 82/81 BC. E.) - Proskrip , who died during the sullansky terror ^[5] . The father of the consul 19 years BC. er ^[6] ;
• Mark Lucretius - Senator, one of the judges in the case of Verres in 70 BC. er ^[7] .;
• Titus Lucretius Kar - Roman poet and philosopher . It is considered one of the brightest adherents of atomistic materialism , a follower of the teachings of Epicurus ;
• Quint Lucretius Vespillon - Optimat , a close friend of Guy Cassius Longin . In June 54 BC. er accused Libya of Druze of prewarning (collusion with the prosecution during the proceedings ), but he was acquitted ^{[8] [9]} . At the beginning of the civil war, together with the rider Attiy Pelignn occupied Sulmon , near Corfini , a garrison in 7 cohorts ^[10] , but because of betrayal he was captured by Mark Antony ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [ 17]} ;
• Quint Lucretius Vespillon - Roman politician of the end of the 1st century BC e., Consul of the Roman Empire in 19 BC. er Perhaps identical to the previous one ^[5] .