The gens Luscia was a minor
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned in the early part of the second century BC. They were of
senatorial rank, but few of them achieved the higher offices of the Roman state. The only known consul of this
gens was
Lucius Luscius Ocrea, during the
Flavian dynasty.
Origin
The
nomenLuscia appears to be formed from the cognomen Luscus, referring to someone with but one eye.[1]
Branches and cognomina
The only
cognomen known to have been borne by this family was Ocrea, which appears from
Cicero's time to the late first century AD.
Members
Lavinius Luscius, a comic poet, and a contemporary of
Terence.[2][3]
Lucius Luscius, a
centurion in the years following
Sulla's return to Rome. He participated in the Sullan proscriptions of 81 BC, from which he became very wealthy. In 64 BC he was convicted of three murders in connection with his actions during the proscriptions, and condemned.[4][5][6]