id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7936 Annia gens - Wikipedia .html text/html 2545 294 66 Livy mentions a Lucius Annius, praetor of the Roman colony of Setia, in 340 BC, and other Annii are mentioned at Rome during this period. The main families of the Annii at Rome used the praenomina Titus, Marcus, Lucius, and Gaius. One member of this family bore the additional surname Rufus, probably in reference to his red hair.[6][7] A variety of surnames were borne by individual Annii, including Asellus, a diminutive of asinus, a donkey; Bassus, stout; Cimber, one of the Cimbri; Faustus, fortunate; Gallus, a Gaul or cockerel; and Pollio, a polisher.[8][9] Bellienus or Billienus, sometimes described as a cognomen of the Annii, was in fact a separate gens, although Cicero refers to a Gaius Annius Bellienus; it is not certain which of the Bellieni mentioned below actually belong to the Annia gens.[10] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7936.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7936.txt