Plaguleia gens

The gens Plaguleia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Only one member of this gens is mentioned by ancient writers, although a few others are known from inscriptions.

Origin
The nomen Plaguleius belongs to a large class of names ending in -eius, which is typically, although not exclusively of Oscan derivation. The only similar word in Latin seems to be plagulus, a curtain, suggesting that the nomen could possibly be occupational, referring to a curtain-maker, although that would more regularly be plagularius.

Members

 * Plaguleius, a partisan of Publius Clodius Pulcher.
 * Gaius Plaguleius Ampliatus, built a tomb at Rome for his mother, Claudia Psyche, and his wife, Julia Hermione.
 * Gaius Plaguleius C. l. Fortunatus, a freedman buried at Rome between AD 1 and 30.
 * Plaguleia Glaphyra, buried at Rome, in a tomb built by Lucius Licinius Anteros.
 * Plaguleia A. (f.?) Prima, buried at Rome.
 * Gaius Plaguleius Ɔ l. Trophimus, a freedman named in an inscription from Rome.