Alfena gens
The gens Alfena or Alfenia was a Roman family, known from the first century BC to the first century AD. The gens is known chiefly from three individuals, one of whom attained the consulship. They all shared the cognomen Varus, and may have been closely related.[1]
Members
- (Publius) Alfenus Varus, a jurist and pupil of Servius Sulpicius Rufus.
- Publius Alfenius Varus, perhaps the son of the jurist, consul in AD 2.[1]
- Alfenus or Alfenius Varus, perhaps a descendant of the jurist, a general in the service of Aulus Vitellius in AD 69.
- Lucius Alfenus Senecio, Roman governor of Britain in the early third century.
- Lucius Alfenus Avitianus, consul suffectus in an uncertain year around AD 210–220; he was a member of the Arval brethren, and served as governor of Arabia Petraea during the reign of Caracalla.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
- ^ Rüpke, Jörg (2005). Fasti sacerdotum (in German). p. 750.
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