Italic surname, Lucanius [1. 532]; better known as a Roman cognomen, probably originally an ethnicon from the place name Luca [1. 532; 2. 193]. In the fasti of the Imperial period in the family of the Claudii, Curvii, Domitii, Titii [3. 257].
[1] M. Annaeus L. Epic poet Lucan, 1st cent. AD
The Roman epic poet Lucan.
A. Life
L. was born on 3 November AD 39 in Corduba as son of a family often described as Spanish…