The gens Rancia was an obscure plebeian family of ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers, but several are known from inscriptions.
Members
Quintus Rancius Q. l., a freedman buried at Rome, in a tomb dating from the latter half of the first century BC.. Rancia Antiochis, buried at Rome, in a tomb built by her husband, Titus Pomponius Diodorus, dating from the latter half of the first century.. Quintus Rancius Q. l. Dorotheus, a freedman named in an Augustan-era inscription from Rome.. Quintus Rancius Epaphroditus, buried at Rome, together with his wife, Rancia Thallusa, in a tomb dating from the first half of the second century.. Rancia Harmonia, dedicated a tomb at Rome for her husband, Marcus Alphius Romanus.. Rancia Thallusa, buried at Rome, together with her husband, Quintus Rancius Epaphroditus. Rancia Tryphera, buried at Rome, together with Gaius Julius Pontianus, probably her husband..
See also List of Roman gentes
References
Bibliography René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present). Theodor Mommsen et alii, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated CIL), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).