Virginius

Virginius may refer to:

• Virginius Affair, a diplomatic dispute that occurred during the Ten Years' War
  • Virginius, the ship at the center of the Affair
• Virginius Island, West Virginia, an island on the Shenandoah River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

People

• Alan Virginius (born 2003), French footballer
• Any of various members of the Roman gens Verginia , also spelled Virginia
• Virginius E. Clark (1886–1948), American aviator and military officer
• Virginius Dabney (1901–1995), American educator and writer
• Virginius Dabney (American football) (1878–1942), football player and coach

Literature

• Virginius (play), an 1820 tragedy by James Sheridan Knowles
• A character in The Physician's Tale , one of the Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, written in the 14th century
• Lucius Verginius, a respected Roman centurion and father of heroine Verginia in Livy's Ab Urbe Condita

See also

• Virginia (given name), a feminine name derived from the Roman gens