The gens Arria was a plebeian family at Rome, which appears in the first century BC, and became quite large in imperial times. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Quintus Arrius, praetor in 72 BC.
During the Republic, the Arrii are known to have used the praenomina Quintus, Gaius, and Marcus.
Branches and cognomina
None of the Arrii during the Republic bore any cognomen. In imperial times, we find the surnames Gallus, Varus, and Aper.
This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
Quintus Arrius, praetor in 72 BC, during the Third Servile War, defeated Crixus, but was conquered by Spartacus.
Quintus Arrius Q. f., a friend of Cicero, and an unsuccessful candidate for the consulship in 59 BC.
Gaius Arrius, a neighbor of Cicero at Formiae, who honored Cicero with more of his company than was convenient to him in 59 BC.
Marcus Arrius Q. f. Secundus, triumvir monetalis in 41 BC.
Arria, the wife of Caecina Paetus, whose example helped her husband to put an end to his life, as the emperor Claudius had ordered.
Arria, daughter of Caecina Paetus and wife of Publius Clodius Thrasea, who was put to death by Nero in AD 67.
Arria Galla, the wife of Domitius Silus, who quietly surrendered her to Gaius Calpurnius Piso, the conspirator against Nero.
Arrius Varus, praetorian prefect in AD 69, following the death of Vitellius.
Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus, Roman aristocrat and grandfather of the Emperor Antonius Pius
Arria, a Platonic philosopher.
Arrius Aper, praetorian prefect, and father-in-law of the emperor Numerian, whom Aper secretly murdered.
