Pollio
Pollio is a Latin surname used in ancient Rome, typically as a cognomen within the gens Pollia, a plebeian family that appears in various inscriptions and historical texts. The name occurs in a range of contexts, often linked to individuals who held civic or military roles, though no single Pollio dominates the surviving record. The related form Pollius also appears in antiquity, and in some cases Pollio and Pollius may reflect variants referring to different members of related families. Because surviving sources are fragmentary, many mentions of Pollio reflect individuals known only from brief references or funerary inscriptions, making it difficult to reconstruct a cohesive biographical narrative for the name.
In modern usage, Pollio persists as a surname in some European communities influenced by Latin and Italian