patrician. The Sergii, like many other ancient Roman gentes, traced their descent from the
Trojans. They regarded Sergestus as their ancestor (
" Sergestusque, domus tenet a quo Sergia nomen."
The Sergii were distinguished in the early history of the republic, but obtained an
unenviable notoriety at a later age by Catiline belonging to them. The first member of the
gens who obtained the consulship was L. Sergius Fidenas, in CATILINA, ESQILINUS, FIDENAS, ORATA, PAULUS, PLANCUS
(accidentally omitted under Plancus, and given below), and SILUS.
Silus is the only cognomen which occurs on coins. A few persons of the
gens are mentioned without any surname : these are given below.