Ancient Roman family
"Petreius" redirects here. For the German Renaissance printer, see Johannes Petreius. For other persons with similar names, see Petraeus (disambiguation).
The gens Petreia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned toward the end of the second century BC, and several were distinguished as soldiers, but none of them ever attained the consulship.[1]
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, pp. 213, 214.