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Gabinius

Gabinius was a Roman nomen.

Aulus Gabinius, consul 58 BC
Publius Gabinius Capito[?], supporter of Catiline
Publius Gabinius Secundus Chaucius (or Cauchius), general under Claudius

Gabinius was also a king of the German tribute of the Quadi, who was murdered by Valentinian I around 374.

A fictional Cnaeus Gabinius Capito [sic] of Roman Britain is mentioned as an ancestor of Lord Northam[?] in the H. P. Lovecraft story "The Descendant[?]".

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