Mucia gens

Gaius Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Lars Porsena (early 1640s), oil painting by Matthias Stom (Art Gallery of New South Wales)

The gens Mucia was an ancient and noble plebeian house at ancient Rome. Members of this gens appear during the earliest period of the Republic, but the family only attained prominence from the time of the Second Punic War.[1]

  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 1117 ("Mucia Gens").