A man with this nomen defended the citadel of Tarentum from the attack of Hannibal, but was put on trial for losing the town - that man had the surname Macatus.
A man with this nomen defended the citadel of Tarentum from the attack of Hannibal, but was put on trial for losing the town - that man had the surname Macatus. A censor with this nomen was a bitter rival of his co-consul Gaius Claudius Nero, but they teamed up to win the Battle of Metaurus River. That man was so vigorous in promoting a salt-tax that he earned the nickname Salinator. Another member of this family owned the Greek slave Andronicus, who himself took this name, and became a playwright who translated the Odyssey. A better known man by this nomen reacted to the conviction of Publius Rutilius Rufus by proposing to elevate 300 knights to the Senate; his assassination in 91 BCE helped spark the Social War. Both that man and the final wife of Augustus were part of this family's "Drusi" branch. FTP, give this name most often applied to the author of Ab Urbe Condita, a history of Rome from the founding of the city. 
A man with this nomen defended the citadel of Tarentum from the attack of Hannibal, but was put on trial for losing the town - that man had the surname Macatus.
gens Livia [or Livius or Livii or Livy or reasonable equivalents; do not accept "Drussi" or "Drusus" or "Salinatores", as those are not nomen]