Plaetoria (gens)

Plaetorius was the family name (nomen) of a plebeian gens in ancient Rome.

Plaetorii are noted as holding office during the Republic from the 2nd century BC through the civil wars of the 40s BC. Several members of the gens issued denarii from the late 70s into the 40s, one of them punning on the cognomen Cestianus by depicting an athlete holding a cestus. The Cestiani branch seems to come from a Praenestine family of Cestii by adoption into the Plaetorii of Tusculum. Their coinage representing Sors recognizes Praeneste as the Italic oracle most renowned for the casting of lots. A Plaetorius is among the supporters of Pompeius in the civil wars of the 40s, and the best-known coinage from a member of the gens is a denarius issued for Brutus commemorating the assassination of Caesar on the Ides of March.

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