Appia gens
# Appia gens

The gens Appia was a plebeian family at Rome. Its nomen, Appius, is a patronymic surname based on the praenomen Appius. The gens does not appear to have been very large, and few of its members achieved great importance.

## Members

* Sextus Appius Sex. f. Severus, quaestor to Titus.
* Lucius Appius Maximus Norbanus, an accomplished general under Domitian and Trajan. He put down the revolt of Lucius Antonius Saturninus in Germania Superior, AD 91. He was consul in 103. Although he enjoyed success in the Dacian War, he was defeated and killed in the Parthian War, AD 115.
* Aurelius Appius Sabinus, praefectus of Egypt from AD 249 to 250.
