Terentia (gens)
Terentius was the name (nomen) of an ancient Roman family (gens). Members of the gens Terentia include:
Male members
- Publius Terentius Afer, the comic playwright known in English as Terence, a slave then freedman of a member of the family, who thus took its name
- Gaius Terentius Varro, consul 216 BC, defeated at Cannae
- Marcus Terentius Varro, historian
- Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus, consul 73 BC, brother of Lucius Licinius Lucullus, adopted by the Terentii Varrones
- Terentius Maximus, pretender to the imperial throne
- Quintus Terentius Scaurus, grammarian
- Publius Terentius Varro Atacinus, poet
- Quintus Terentius Culleo, senator, captured by the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War.
Female members
- Terentia, wife of Cicero
- Terentia Alba, wife of Lucius Otho and mother of the emperor Otho
See also
- Varro (cognomen)
- Terentius Varro, for a list of Terentii during the Roman Republic who used the cognomen Varro
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