Traula gens
The gens Traula, also found as Traulia or Traullia, was an obscure plebeian family of equestrian rank at ancient Rome. Only one member of this gens seems to be mentioned by Roman writers: Sextus Traulus Montanus, whom Claudius put to death in AD 48. A few others are known from inscriptions. Origin
The nomen Traulus is of Etruscan derivation, and some of the inscriptions of this gens are from the Etruscan city of Volaterrae. Members

 Sextus Traulus Montanus, a young eques, was seduced by the empress Messalina, who discarded him immediately thereafter. Despite the brevity of their affair, Claudius had him put to death along with Messalina's various paramours in AD 48. Traulus, a potter whose work has been found in Venetia and Histria and Pannonia Superior. His maker's mark seems to identify his partner as Crispinilla, and their wares have been dated to the middle portion of the first century. Traullius Rufinus, one of the leaders of an ala, an allied cavalry unit  serving in Pannonia Superior in AD 161. Undated Trauli
 Traulia Fortunata, buried at Portus in Latium, along with Aquilia Marcia, in a tomb built by Atimetus Polybianus, a slave of the imperial household. Sextus Traulius Hister, buried at Rome, in a tomb built by his wife, Valeria Procula. Gaius Traulus C. l. Phoebus, a freedman, and one of the Seviri Augustales, was buried at Volaterrae in Etruria, aged thirty-seven, with a monument from Pergonia Prima. Traulus Quadratus, dedicated a tomb at Volaterrae for his wife, Petronia Hetaera. Notes

See also
 List of Roman gentes

References

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