Sittianus

Sittĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens, e. g. P Sittius, a friend of Cicero, Cic. Sull. 56; Sall. C. 21, 3; Auct. B. Afr. 25;

30. To him is addressed the letter,

Cic. Fam. 5, 17; cf. id. ib. 15, 17, 1.—Hence, Sittĭānus, a, um, adj., of Sittius:

syngrapha,

Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 2; 8, 4, 5:

negotium,

id. ib. 8, 11, 4.—

After him was named Sittianorum colonia = Cirta,

Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 2, 3, § 22.