Ralla

• a Roman surname in the Marcian gens.
• • • 1 M. Marcius Ralla, Liv. 29, 11.—
    • 2 Q. Marcius Ralla, Liv. 34, 52.

the name of a plebeian family of the Marcia gens.

1. M. Marcius Ralla, praetor urbanus B. C. 204. He accompanied Scipio to Africa, and was one of the legates whom Scipio sent to Rome in B. C. 202, with the Carthaginian ambassadors, when the latter sued for peace. (Liv. 29.11, 13, 30.38.)

2. Q. Marcius Ralla, was created duumvir in B. C. 194, for dedicating a temple, and again in B. C. 192, for the same purpose. (Liv. 34.53, 35.41.)