Apustia gens

The gens Apustia was a plebeian family at Rome during the period of the Republic. The first member of this gens who obtained the consulship was Lucius Apustius Fullo, in 226 BC.^[1]

Praenomina

The praenomina associated with the Apustiii included Lucius, Gaius, and Publius.^[2]

Branches and cognomina

The only significant branch of the Apustia gens at Rome bore the cognomen Fullo. It was probably derived from the occupation of one of the Apustii, a cleaner of woolen cloths.^[3]

Members

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

• Gaius Apustius, grandfather of the consul of 226 BC.^[4]
• Lucius Apustius, father of the consul of 226 BC.^[5]
• Lucius Apustius L. f. C. n. Fullo, consul in 226 BC, prepared for a Gallic invasion.
• Lucius Apustius L. f. L. n. Fullo, praetor in 196 BC.
• Lucius Apustius, commander of the Roman troops at Tarentum in 215 BC.^[6]
• Lucius Apustius, legate of the consul Publius Sulpicius Galba in Macedonia during the war against Philip in 200 BC, and later of Lucius Cornelius Scipio in 190.^[7]
• Publius Apustius, one of the ambassadors sent to the younger Ptolemaeus in 161 BC.^[8]

See also

• List of Roman gentes