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Duronius

Duronius was a nomen of ancient Rome.

Marcus Duronius was a tribune of about 97 BC. He abrogated a sumptuary law, the Lex Licinia[?], and was expelled from the Roman Senate by the censors. (Valerius Maximus 2.9.5, Cicero De Orationes[?] 2.274).

Livy 40.18 (not included in all editions) mentions a Lucius Duronius as praetor in Apulia ca. 182 BC.

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