That conflict divided the Magii, some of whom wished to ally with Hannibal, while others supported the alliance with Rome.
Minatus Magius, an ancestor of the historian Velleius Paterculus, received the Roman franchise as a result of his loyal service to Rome during the Social War.
His surname, Aeculanensis, suggests that a branch of the Magii settled at Aeculanum during the second century BC.
[1] The earliest Magii appearing in history were Campanians, and bore distinctly Oscan praenomina, such as Decius and Minatus, as well as the more familiar Gnaeus, which was also a common Latin name.
The Roman Magii used Publius, Lucius, Gnaeus, and Numerius, of which the last was relatively scarce at Rome, especially among the aristocracy, although more widespread among the plebeians and in the countryside.