Roman family name, attested since the 2nd cent. BC [1. 189-203]. Several artists belonged to this gens.
[1] Architect mentioned by Vitruvius
The architect C., whom Vitruvius (7, praef. 15ff.) called a civis romanus, probably under Antiochus [6] IV Epiphanes (ruled 176/5-164 BC) in Athens ‘took over the construction of the Olympieion using a large measure according to Corinthian symmetries and proporti…