title: Sennia gens
text: # Sennia gens
  
  The gens Sennia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are mentioned in history, but others are known from inscriptions.
  
  ## Origin
  
  A large majority of the Sennii are known from inscriptions from various parts of Gaul, suggesting that the family was of Gallic origin.
  
  ## Praenomina
  
  The main praenomina of the Sennii were Lucius, Gaius, and Marcus, the three most common names throughout all periods of Roman history. Less frequently the Sennii employed a variety of other common praenomina, including Titus, Quintus, Sextus, and Decimus.
  
  ## Members
  
      This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
  * Sennius Sabinus, proconsul of an unknown province, to whom the emperor Hadrian gave instructions that slaves accused of a crime should not be tortured in order to obtain a confession, unless already suspected and other evidence obtained, with only a confession wanting. The jurist Ulpian mentions Hadrian's letter to Sabinus in his De Officio Proconsulis.
  * Sennius, a mid-second century potter whose workshop was in Manduessedum, formerly part of Roman Britain. He is known for his mortaria, found throughout Britain and Gaul.
  * Titus Sennius Sollemnis, the son of Sollemninus, was one of the municipal duumvirs at Aragenua in Gallia Lugdunensis, named in a dedicatory inscription dating to AD 238.
  
  ### Undated Sennii
  
  * Sennia, named in an inscription from Cataractonium in Britain.
  * Sennia, buried at Segessera in Gallia Lugdunensis, with a monument from her father, Sennius Bellicus.
  * Marcus Sennius Antius, buried at Nemausus in Gallia Narbonensis.
  * Sennia T. f. Atticilla, dedicated a second-century monument at Rome to her husband, Lucius Statius Epagathus, together with their children, Statia Statorina and Statius Statorinus.
  * Sennius Bellicus, built a monument at Segessera for his daughter, Sennia.
  * Titus Sennius Felix, a native of Puteoli in Campania, was a teacher mentioned in an inscription from Juliobona in Gallia Lugdunensis, along with his student, "Amor".
  * Sennius L. f. Eularus, a soldier in the sixth cohort of the century of Magnus, buried at Rome in a tomb built by his heir, Julius Candidus.
  * Marcus Sennius Fronto, fulfilled a vow made to Diana, according to an inscription found at Badenweiler, formerly part of Germania Superior.
  * Lucius Sennius Germanus, dedicated a monument at Vienna in Gallia Narbonensis to his son, Lucius Aterius Augustalis.
  * Lucius Sennius Hermogenes, buried at the present site of Bouillargues, formerly part of Gallia Narbonensis, aged twenty-two years and seven months, with a monument from his nurse, Titia Epictesis.
  * Sennia Hygia, the wife of Titus Vettius Carugenus, who dedicated a monument at Nemausus to her, and to their son, Vettius Severus.
  * Sennia Hygia, buried at Nemausus.
  * Sennia Iulla, the wife of Marcus Sennius Metilius Treverus, a merchant in Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul, buried with her husband at Lugdunum in Gallia Lugdunensis, in a tomb built by their children.
  * Gaius Sennius Iullus, named in an inscription from Nemausus.
  * Sennius Macer, named in an inscription from Limonum in Gallia Aquitania.
  * Sennius Major, buried at Treveri in Gallia Belgica, with a monument from his wife.
  * Sennius Marcianus, named in an inscription found at Cran-Gevrier, formerly part of Gallia Narbonensis.
  * Sennius Marianus, together with Luccius Marcianus, made an offering to Soio, a river goddess worshipped at Valentia in Gallia Narbonensis.
  * Sennius Martius, an augur named in an inscription dedicated to Mercury at the present site of Creys-Mépieu, formerly part of Gallia Narbonensis.
  * Marcus Sennius Metilius Treverus, a merchant engaged in trade in Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul, buried at Lugdunum along with his wife, Sennia Iulla, in a tomb built by their children.
  * Quintus Sennius Onesiphorus, buried at Nemausus, with a monument from his mother, Sennia Porpuris.
  * Sennia Porpuris, built a tomb at Nemausus for her son, Quintus Sennius Onesiphorus.
  * Lucius Sennius Primus, buried at Ugernum in Gallia Narbonensis, together with his wife, Messia Dubitata, with a monument from their sons, Lucius Sennius Saturninus, Lucius Sennius Secundus, and Lucius Sennius Servatus.
  * Gaius Sennius Sabinus, made an offering to Mars at Genava in Gallia Narbonensis.
  * Lucius Sennius L. f. Saturninus, the son of Lucius Sennius Primus and Messia Dubitata, for whom he and his brothers built a tomb at Ugernum.
  * Gaius Sennius C. f. Sabinus, prefect of the engineers at a Roman camp near the present site of Marigny-Saint-Marcel, formerly part of Gallia Narbonensis.
  * Sennia Sex. f. Secunda, buried at Ucetia in Gallia Narbonensis.
  * Lucius Sennius L. f. Secundus, the son of Lucius Sennius Primus and Messia Dubitata, for whom he and his brothers built a tomb at Ugernum.
  * Lucius Sennius L. f. Servatus, the son of Lucius Sennius Primus and Messia Dubitata, for whom he and his brothers built a tomb at Ugernum.
  * Marcus Sennius M. f. Verus, a native of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germania Inferior, buried at Rome, aged twenty, with a tomb built by Messor.
  * Decimus Sennius Vitalis, one of the municipal duumvirs at Glevum in Britain, in an uncertain year.
  