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Gavius was the nomen of the ancient Roman gens Gavia. The Gavi Arch[?] in Verona was built in honor of the gens.

Gavius Bassus[?], writer at time of Cicero
Gavius Silo, orator heard by Augustus Caesar in 26 BC, mentioned by Seneca
Marcus Gavius Apicius[?], gourmet 1st century AD
Gavius Silvanus[?], tribune of Nero
Marcus Gavius Claudius Squilla Gallicanus, consul 127
Marcus Gavius Squilla Gallicanus, consul 151
Marcus Gavius Orfitus, consul 165
Marcus Gavius Cornelius Cethegus, consul 170
Lucius Fulvius[?] Gavius Numisius Petronius Aemilianus, 206

Gavius Pontius[?] was a Samnite[?] general ca. 321 BC.

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