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Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

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Julius Licinus Julius Licinus was a Gallic freedman, who worked as a procurator for the Roman emperor Augustus in Gaul. He became rather infamous for the amount of wealth he extracted from Gaul and for his methods in doing so.Anthony A. Barrett: ''Herod, Augustus ...

, a prominent freedman in the early Roman Empire * Clodius Licinus or Claudius Licinus, various members of the Claudia clan of ancient Rome * Porcius Licinus or Portius Licinus, various members of the Porcia clan of ancient Rome * Sariolenus Licinus, various members of the Sariolena clan of ancient Rome * ''Licinus'' (beetle), a genus of insects in the family Carabidae

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