The gens Cestronia was an obscure plebeian family of ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers, but several are known from inscriptions.
Members Decimus Cestronius, dedicated a tomb at the site of modern Marano dei Marsi, formerly part of Sabinum, dating from the first half of the first century, for Gaius Cestronius Tappo... Gaius Cestronius Tappo, buried at the site of modern Marano dei Marsi, in a tomb dedicated by Decimus Cestronius, dating from the first half of the first century. Gaius Cestronius Severianus, buried at Thugga in Africa, aged sixty-five, in a tomb dating from the first half of the second century..Mourir à Dougga, 228. Lucius Cestronius Fortunatus Egrilianus, a boy buried in a late second- or third-century tomb at Thugga, aged nine years, five (months?)..Mourir à Dougga, 226.
Undated Cestronii Cestronia Fortunata, buried at Thugga, aged forty.Mourir à Dougga, 229.Inscriptions Latines de La Tunisie, i. 1–1519. Cestronius Victor, a child buried at Thugga, aged two.Chroniques d'Archéologie Maghrébine, 104–73. Cestronia Victoria, buried at the site of present-day El Ma El Biodh, formerly part of Numidia, aged forty-two..Uchi Maius 2, ii. 180.
See also List of Roman gentes
References
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