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Matinia (gens)
The
gens
Matinia
was
a minor
plebeian
family
at
Rome
. Its most
famous
member may have been
Publius
Matinius, a money-broker in the time of
Cicero
.
Members
Publius Matinius, a money-broker, was recommended to Cicero by
Marcus Junius Brutus
in
51 BC
, when Cicero was
proconsul
in
Cilicia
. Together with
Marcus
Scaptius
, a
client
of
Brutus
, Matinius had
loaned
a considerable
amount
to
the people
of
Salamis
.
Titus
Matinius T. f.
Hymenaeus
, named in an
inscription
found near the
abbey
of
San Pietro
at
Ferentillo
in
Umbria
.
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