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* [[Murena (comic book)|''Murena'' (comic book)]], Belgian comic book |
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== Persons == |
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'''Murena''' is a name (''[[cognomen]]'') used by a Roman [[plebeian]] family from [[Lanuvium]] belonging to the ''[[Licinia (gens)|gens Licinia]]''. It is supposed to be derived from the fondness of a family member for [[lamprey]]s (''murenae''). |
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* [[Carlo Murena]], (1713–1764) was an Italian architect of the late-Baroque period active in Rome, Foligno, Perugia, and other towns in central Italy. |
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* [[Lucius Licinius Murena (praetor 88 BC)]], Roman senator |
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* [[Lucius Licinius Murena (consul)]], Roman senator |
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* [[Aulus Terentius Varro Murena]], Roman senator |
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* [[Tony Muréna]], (1917 – 1970) was an Italian-born Musette accordionist and jazz composer who lived and worked in France. |
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The most prominent members of the family were [[Lucius Licinius Murena]] father and son. The father was a lieutenant of [[Sulla]] in the first [[Mithridatic War]] and played an important role in the [[Battle of Chaeronea]].<ref> Plutarch, The life of Sulla, 17.3-19.4</ref> The son was the governor of [[ Gallia Narbonensis|Gallia Transalpina]] in 64 BC and part of 63 BC and consul in 62 BC. When he went to Rome to stand for the consulship, he left his brother Gaius Murena in charge of the province as his deputy. He was defended by [[Cicero]] in 63 BC against a charge of bribery in the extant speech ''For Murena''.<ref>Badian, E. “Notes on Provincia Gallia in the Late Republic.” In Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire offerts à André Piganiol, vol. 2, p.106</ref> <ref>Cicero, For Murena, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0019%3Atext%3DMur.%3Achapter%3D20%3Asection%3D42]</ref> |
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* [[Matra Murena]], a mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car that was produced from 1980 through 1983 by the French engineering group Matra |
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* [[/e/ (operating system)]], Murena branded phone |
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* [[Licinia (gens)]] |
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* ''[[Muraena]]'', a genus of eels |
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Murena may refer to:
Comic
[edit]- Murena (comic book), Belgian comic book
Persons
[edit]- Carlo Murena, (1713–1764) was an Italian architect of the late-Baroque period active in Rome, Foligno, Perugia, and other towns in central Italy.
- Lucius Licinius Murena (praetor 88 BC), Roman senator
- Lucius Licinius Murena (consul), Roman senator
- Aulus Terentius Varro Murena, Roman senator
- Tony Muréna, (1917 – 1970) was an Italian-born Musette accordionist and jazz composer who lived and worked in France.
Hardware and software
[edit]- Matra Murena, a mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car that was produced from 1980 through 1983 by the French engineering group Matra
- /e/ (operating system), Murena branded phone
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles containing Murena
- Muraena, a genus of eels
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