# Priscia gens

The gens Priscia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned in history, but several are known from inscriptions. A family of this name settled at Virunum in Noricum.

## Origin

The nomen Priscius is derived from the common cognomen Prīscus, old or elder.

## Praenomina

The praenomina associated with the Priscii are Gaius, Titus, Publius, and Quintus, all of which were among the most common names throughout Roman history.

## Members

    This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
* Priscia, named in an inscription from Ateste in Venetia and Histria.
* Priscia, named in a list of heirs from Narbo in Gallia Narbonensis.
* Priscia, the wife of Tertianus, named in an inscription from Virunum in Noricum.
* Priscius, buried at Rome, aged eight years, and nine months, on the sixteenth day before the Kalends of February.
* Priscius, named in an inscription from Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germania Inferior.
* Gaius Priscius C. f., named in an inscription from Rome, dating to AD 184.
* Titus Priscius, named in an inscription from Agedincum in Gallia Lugdunensis, dating to the reign of Trajan.
* Priscia Albina, one of the wives of Julius Secundinus, buried in his family sepulchre at Flavia Solva in Noricum.
* Priscia Amanda, the wife of Publius Cestus, buried at Comum in Cisalpine Gaul, aged fifty-five years, five months.
* Priscia Calliope, wife of Priscius Marcianus, whom she buried at Durocortorum in Gallia Belgica.
* Gaius Priscius Crescentinus, named in an inscription from the temple of Mithras at Virunum.
* Priscius Eustochus, a freedman, dedicated a tomb at Lugdunum to his companion, Lucius Sabinius Cassianus, together with Cassianus' widow, Flavia Livia.
* Priscia C. f. Iantulla, buried at Virunum, was the sister of Priscia Prima, Quintus Priscius Priscianus, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Publius Priscius Verecundus.
* Priscius Marcianus, buried at Durocortorum in a tomb dedicated by his wife, Priscia Calliope.
* Gaius Priscius Oppidanus, named in two inscriptions from Virunum in Noricum, one of them dating between AD 182 and 184.
* Priscia C. f. Prima, buried at Virunum, was the sister of Priscia Iantulla, Quintus Priscius Priscianus, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Publius Priscius Verecundus.
* Quintus Priscius C. f. Priscianus, buried at Virunum, was the brother of Priscia Iantulla, Priscia Prima, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Publius Priscius Verecundus, and the husband of Venustina.
* Priscia Restituta, donated forty thousand sestertii to the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in AD 101, according to an inscription from Ligures Baebiani in Samnium
* Titus Priscius Sabinus, along with Gaius Sextilius Severus, one of the heirs of Gaius Braecius Verus, a Dalmatic soldier buried at Ravenna in Cisalpine Gaul, aged forty.
* Gaius Priscius C. f. Statutus, buried at Virunum, was the brother of Priscia Iantulla, Priscia Prima, Publius Priscius Verecundus, and Quintus Priscius Priscianus, and the husband of Barbia Venusta.
* Gaius Priscius C. l. Surio, a freedman, and husband of Septima, buried at Virunum.
* Gaius Priscius Vegetus, buried at Virunum.
* Publius Priscius C. f. Verecundus, buried at Virunum, was the brother of Priscia Iantulla, Priscia Prima, Gaius Priscius Statutus, and Quintus Priscius Priscianus.