The gens Atria was a ancient Rome family, known primarily from two individuals who flourished during the middle years of the first century BC.
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Quintus Atrius, a lieutenant of Caesar during his second expedition into Roman Britain in 54 BC. He was left on the coast to take care of the ships while Caesar himself marched into the interior of the country.
[Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico v. 9, 10.]
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Publius Atrius, an Equestrian order who belonged to Pompeius' party. He was taken prisoner by Caesar in Africa in 47 BC but was spared.
[Julius Caesar (attributed), De Bello Africo 68, 89.]
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Atria Galla, the wife of Gaius Calpurnius Piso, who conspired against Nero.
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