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==Gens Agoria at Nova Roma==

Gens Agoria was revived as a [[Gens]] name available to citizens of [[Nova Roma]] in 2002 by [[Galus Agorius Taurinus (Nova Roma)|Galus Agorius Taurinus]]. While researching details of the historical struggle between [[Christianity]] and [[Roman]] Pagans, he came across a reference to Praetextatus in Pierre Chuvin's book "A Chronicle of the Last Pagans".


'''GENS AGORIA is a [[Gens]] of [[Nova Roma]]'''named after Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, an important fourth-century Roman imperial official and "leader of the pagans in the Senate, a devout adherent of traditional religion".[http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/wlgr/wlgr-religion439.shtml (1)]  Praetextatus was proconsul of Achaea in 362 under the philhellenic pagan Emperor [[Flavius Claudius Iulianus|Julian the 'Apostate']], a particular honour. Praetextatus was [[prefect]] of [[Rome]] in 367 under the Emperor [[Valentinian]], when [[Christian]] factions were disputing the papacy. During this period he restored the [[Portico of the Twelve Gods]] with its statues in the Roman [[Forum]]. He was prefect of the [[Praetorian]] guard when he died in 384, and [[consul]] elect for 385, the year of his wife's death.


== '''But this Gens is unhistorical and invented because Vettius Agorius Praetextatus belonged to the  [http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Category:Gens_Vettia_%28Nova_Roma%29 Gens Vettia].''' ==



==References cited by Galus Agorius Taurinus==
1. [http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/wlgr/wlgr-religion439.shtml Women's Life in Greece and Rome]<BR>
2. [http://www.robinartisson.com/agoria/hall.htm The Hompage of Familia Galus Agorius Taurinus]<br>
3. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/museums/Museo_Nazionale_Romano/Palazzo_Altemps/inscriptions/Vettius_Praetextatus.html An Image of the honorific incription of Vettius Agorius Praetextatus]<BR> 
4. [http://www.maijastinakahlos.net/b/kirjoituksia/praetextatus/125/ The Restoration Policy of Praetextatus]