The gens Pleminia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. The only member of this gens mentioned in history is Quintus Pleminius, infamous for his outrageous conduct at Locri during the Second Punic War. Other Pleminii are known from inscriptions.[1]

Members

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ Or, according to an account reported by Clodius Licinius, he was put to death by the senate's orders after attempting to burn the city.

See also

References

  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 413 ("Q. Pleminius").
  2. ^ Livy, xxix. 6–9, 16–22, xxxiv. 44.
  3. ^ Valerius Maximus, i. 1. § 21.
  4. ^ Cassius Dio, Fragmenta, 64 (ed. Reimar).
  5. ^ Appian, Bellum Hannibalicum, 55.
  6. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 304.
  7. ^ AE 2003, 2006.
  8. ^ a b c CIL XI, 500.
  9. ^ CIL VIII, 387.
  10. ^ CIL VIII, 2142.
  11. ^ CIL VI, 21156.

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