Terentius was the name
(nomen) of an
ancient Roman family
(gens). Members of the
gens Terentia include:
Male members
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- 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.