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This noble family, very ancient origin of Gaius Gravilio, also known as Carvilio Consul Romano, claims it and is estimated for possible, thanks to the fact that the ancient Roman Lords in time that the famous Republic enjoyed the dominion of the world, governing many provinces, therefore left their posterity by building some cities, and lands, with the surname of their surnames, and so observed P. Lucio Gravilio Pretor Romano in Epirus, where he built the city of Gravilia, from which the dominant of that kind took their surname à Ziccone Dispoto of Romania, from which he was the second-born son Basilio Gravilio, very strong captain, and lord of Vicovaro in Epirus, over Albania, and also Captain General of Dispoti of Romania, and of Larta; whose son Giorgio Gravili Signor di Vacovaro had for his wife Pamfila daughter of Giorgio Castriota Siognor of Epirus, with whom he made Basilio G. among his other children, who from Giovanni Castriota Signor d'Epiro was made Director of all the militia of that Province; he took Barandida Manuele noble lady Epirota daughter of the valiant Captain Gio for his wife: Manuele, who begat Nicolò, and Nicefaro, who, fighting with Giorgio Castriota Scanderbech, their cogino against Turks, succeeded valiant Captains; Nicolò passed with the captain of 400. Albanians with the same Giorgio Scanderbech in servitio of the King Ferdinando of Naples against Baroni rubelli in 1465. from which Nicolò Gravili Castellano of Taranto was subsequently elected, then left noble, and rich posterity; which expanded with military desires, and loads of governments in other cities of the Kingdom of Naples, as Basilio Banderone reports in the history of the Castriota House Lady of Albania Gio: Antonio Gravili was the first who passed from Taranto to Lecce, there, with Petrina the noble Achaia of the same City,