Gellia gens
The gens Gellia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, where they settled after the Second Punic War or earlier. The first of the Gellii to obtain the consulship was Lucius Gellius Poplicola, in 72 BC, but the most famous member of this gens is probably the grammarian Aulus Gellius, who flourished during the second century AD. == Origin == The Gellii were of Samnite origin, and the first of this name mentioned in history was the general Statius Gellius, who was captured together with his army in 305 BC, during the Second Samnite War.