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Line 1: The '''gens Sergia''' (or the '''Sergii'''), was a famous [[Patrician (ancient Rome)\|patrician]] family in ancient Rome, of which [[Lucius Sergius Catilina]] was a member. [[File:Croatia Pula Arch of the Sergii 2014-10-11 12-22-20.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|[[Arch of the Sergii]] in Pula, Croatia]] The Sergii ~~was~~were one of the oldest patrician families in Rome. Although itthey ~~was~~were of consular heritage, there Sergii were ~~then~~by the time of the conspirator Catiline declining in both social and financial fortunes. [[Virgil]] later gave the family an ancestor, [[Sergestus]], who had come with [[Aeneas]] to Italy, presumably because they were notably ancient; but they had not been prominent for centuries, ''Sergestusque, domus tenet a quo Sergia nomen''.

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