The Furii were an ancient patrician gens .
Camillus ' namesake , Marcus Furius Camillus , was one of the greatest heroes of the early Republic , but by the first century his descendants had fallen into obscurity .
The Furii were an ancient patrician gens , and Camillus ' namesake , Marcus Furius Camillus , was one of the greatest heroes of the early Republic , but by the first century his descendants had fallen into obscurity .