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* [[Publius Antistius]], tribune of the plebs in 88 BC, put to death by order of the younger [[Gaius Marius the Younger|Marius]] in 82.<ref name="DGRBM Antistius" /><ref>Cicero, ''Brutus'', 63, 90, ''Pro Roscio Amerino'', 32.</ref><ref>Velleius Paterculus, ii. 26.</ref><ref>Appian, ''Bellum Civile'', i. 88.</ref><ref>Livy, Epitome 86.</ref><ref>Plutarch, "The Life of Pompeius", 9.</ref><ref>Drumann, ''Geschichte Roms'', vol. i. p. 55.</ref><ref>Broughton, vol. II, p. 41.</ref>
* [[Publius Antistius]], tribune of the plebs in 88 BC, put to death by order of the younger [[Gaius Marius the Younger|Marius]] in 82.<ref name="DGRBM Antistius" /><ref>Cicero, ''Brutus'', 63, 90, ''Pro Roscio Amerino'', 32.</ref><ref>Velleius Paterculus, ii. 26.</ref><ref>Appian, ''Bellum Civile'', i. 88.</ref><ref>Livy, Epitome 86.</ref><ref>Plutarch, "The Life of Pompeius", 9.</ref><ref>Drumann, ''Geschichte Roms'', vol. i. p. 55.</ref><ref>Broughton, vol. II, p. 41.</ref>
* [[Antistia|Antistia P. f.]], the first wife of [[Pompey|Gnaeus Pompeius]], who divorced her on [[Sulla|Sulla's]] orders.<ref name="DGRBM Antistius" />
* [[Antistia|Antistia P. f.]], the first wife of [[Pompey|Gnaeus Pompeius]], who divorced her on [[Sulla|Sulla's]] orders.<ref name="DGRBM Antistius" />
* Lucius Antistus, tribune of the plebs in 58 BC.<ref name="Broughton_2_195" />
* [[Titus Antistius]], [[quaestor]] in [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]] in BC 50, remained neutral during the [[Caesar's Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name="DGRBM Antistius" /><ref>Cicero, ''Epistulae ad Familiares'', xiii. 29.</ref><ref>Broughton, vol. II, p. 249.</ref>
* [[Titus Antistius]], [[quaestor]] in [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]] in BC 50, remained neutral during the [[Caesar's Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name="DGRBM Antistius" /><ref>Cicero, ''Epistulae ad Familiares'', xiii. 29.</ref><ref>Broughton, vol. II, p. 249.</ref>
* Antistius, the physician who examined the body of Caesar after his murder in 44 BC.<ref name="DGRBM Antistius" /><ref>Suetonius, "The Life of Caesar", 82.</ref>
* Antistius, the physician who examined the body of Caesar after his murder in 44 BC.<ref name="DGRBM Antistius" /><ref>Suetonius, "The Life of Caesar", 82.</ref>

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Denarius of Gaius Antistius, 146 BC. The obverse shows the head of Roma, behind which is the shape of a dog. The Dioscuri are depicted on the reverse.

The gens Antistia, sometimes written Antestia on coins, was a plebeian family at Rome. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Sextus Antistius, tribune of the plebs in 422 BC.[1][2][3]

Origin

Tradition indicates that the Antistii came to Rome from Gabii, an ancient Latin town a short distance east of Rome. According to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a certain Antistius Petro of Gabii concluded a treaty with Rome in the time of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last King of Rome.[4][5] Moreover, a legendary genealogy may be adduced from the Alban king Amulius, uncle of Romulus and Remus, and father of Antho, (Greek for "flower") who seems to have been claimed as the origin of the name Antistius.[i][7]

Praenomina

The oldest families of the Antistii used the praenomina Sextus, Lucius, and Marcus. In the later Republic, members of the gens also used Publius, Titus, Gaius, and Quintus. The Antistii Veteres used primarily Gaius and Lucius.

Branches and cognomina

In the earlier ages of the Republic, none of the members of the gens appear with any surname, and even in later times they are sometimes mentioned without one. The surnames under the Republic are Gragulus, Labeo, Reginus, and Vetus. The last of these, the Antistii Veteres, were the greatest of the Antistii. In 29 BC, Octavian elevated this family to the patriciate.[1][8] They held several consulships from the time of Augustus to that of Antoninus Pius.

Gragulus refers to a jackdaw (graculus in Latin), which is displayed on the bronze coins of the only known Antestius with this cognomen.[9]

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

Antistii Regini

Antistii Labeones

Antistii Veteres

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ See Plutarch, "The Life of Romulus", 3, 4. According to two inscriptions, a Lucius Antistius was one of the Salii Albani.[6] For a discussion of this priesthood and its Alban origin, see M.G. Granino Cecere, "Sacerdotes Cabenses e sacerdotes Albani", pp. 275–289.

References

  1. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 209 ("Antistia Gens").
  2. ^ a b Livy, iv. 42.
  3. ^ Universal Historical Dictionary, vol. 1, s.v. "Antistia, gens".
  4. ^ a b Dionysius, i. 4.
  5. ^ a b Universal Historical Dictionary, vol. 1, s.v. "Antistius Petro".
  6. ^ CIL VI, 2170, CIL VI, 2171.
  7. ^ Farney, Ethnic Identity and Aristocratic Competition in Republican Rome, pp. 228–229.
  8. ^ Farney, Ethnic Identity and Aristocratic Competition in Republican Rome, p. 288.
  9. ^ a b Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, pp. 269–270.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 209 ("Antistius").
  11. ^ Broughton, 1. p. 70
  12. ^ Livy, vi. 30.
  13. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 106.
  14. ^ Livy, xxvi. 33, ix. 12.
  15. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 154.
  16. ^ Livy, xxi. 63.
  17. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 239.
  18. ^ Livy, xxiii. 38.
  19. ^ Broughton, vol. I, pp. 256, 258 (note 6).
  20. ^ Livy, xxvii. 36.
  21. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 293.
  22. ^ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, pp. 257–258.
  23. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Tiberius Gracchus", 4.
  24. ^ Cicero, Brutus, 63, 90, Pro Roscio Amerino, 32.
  25. ^ Velleius Paterculus, ii. 26.
  26. ^ Appian, Bellum Civile, i. 88.
  27. ^ Livy, Epitome 86.
  28. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Pompeius", 9.
  29. ^ Drumann, Geschichte Roms, vol. i. p. 55.
  30. ^ Broughton, vol. II, p. 41.
  31. ^ Cite error: The named reference Broughton_2_195 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  32. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, xiii. 29.
  33. ^ Broughton, vol. II, p. 249.
  34. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Caesar", 82.
  35. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 880 ("Antistius Sosianus").
  36. ^ Tacitus, Annales xiii. 28, xiv. 48, xvi. 14, Historiae iv. 44.
  37. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 680 ("Antistius Rusticus").
  38. ^ Martial, ix. 31.
  39. ^ a b c PIR, vol. I, p. 85.
  40. ^ Krieckhaus, pp. 116–126.
  41. ^ A Companion to Marcus Aurelius, pp. 236–237.
  42. ^ Greek Anthology vol. xiii., p. 852 (ed. Jacobs).
  43. ^ PIR, vol. I, p. 86.
  44. ^ Valerius Maximus, iv. 7. § 3.
  45. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 564.
  46. ^ Caesar, De Bello Gallico, vi. 1, vii. 83, 90.
  47. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, x. 12.
  48. ^ Eckhel, vol. v. p. 137.
  49. ^ Broughton, vol. II, p. 252.
  50. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 692 ("Quintus Antistius Labeo").
  51. ^ Scholia ad Horatii Satirae i. 3. 83.
  52. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Brutus", 12
  53. ^ Appian, Bellum Civile, iv. 135.
  54. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, pp. 692, 693 ("Marcus? Antistius Labeo").
  55. ^ a b c d Velleius Paterculus, ii. 43.
  56. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Caesar", 5.
  57. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Caesar", 7.
  58. ^ Broughton, vol. II, pp. 127, 133, 139.
  59. ^ Broughton, 2. p. 209
  60. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Caesar", 5.
  61. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem, ii. 1 § 3, Epistulae ad Atticum, xiv. 9. § 3.
  62. ^ Cassius Dio, xlvii. 27, liii. 25.
  63. ^ Appian, Bellum Illyricum, 17.
  64. ^ Velleius Paterculus, ii. 90.
  65. ^ Florus, iv. 12. § 21.
  66. ^ Cassius Dio, lv. 9.
  67. ^ Tacitus, Annales iv. 17.
  68. ^ Frontinus, De Aquaeductu, 102.
  69. ^ Fasti Arvales, AE 1987, 163.
  70. ^ Camodeca, "I consoli del 43 e gli Antistii Veteres d’età claudia", pp. 234–236.
  71. ^ Tacitus, Annales xxi. 25.
  72. ^ Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for the Reign of Claudius", pp. 408, 409, 413.
  73. ^ Tacitus, Annales xiii. 11, 53, xiv. 57, 58, xvi. 10, 11.
  74. ^ Tacitus, Annales, xiv. 22, 58 ff.
  75. ^ Cassius Dio, lxvii. 14.
  76. ^ Fasti Ostienses, CIL XIV, 244, 245, 4531–4546, 5354, 5355.
  77. ^ Gallivan, "The Fasti for A.D. 70–96", pp. 192, 218
  78. ^ a b Liber Pontificalis.
  79. ^ a b Hydatius.
  80. ^ a b Chronography of 354.
  81. ^ Corpus Juris Civilis, 2 tit. 13 § 1.

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Antistia Gens". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 209.