Quinctilia gens

Denarius of Sextus Quinctilius. The obverse shows a helmeted head. The reverse shows the Dioscuri riding on horseback.
Denarius of Sextus Quinctilius. The reverse shows the Dioscuri riding on horseback.

The gens Quinctilia, also written Quintilia, was a patrician family at ancient Rome, dating from the earliest period of Roman history, and continuing well into imperial times. Despite its great antiquity, the gens never attained much historical importance. The only member who obtained the consulship under the Republic was Sextus Quinctilius in 453 BC. The gens produced numerous praetors and other magistrates, but did not obtain the consulship again for over four hundred years.[1]

  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 634 ("Quintilia, or Quinctilia Gens").