Aufidia (gens)

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Ancient Roman coin in the National Roman Museum

The gens Aufidia was a plebeian family at Rome, which is not known until the later times of the Republic. The first member to obtain the consulship was Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes, in 71 BC.[1]

Praenomina[edit]

In Republican times, the Aufidii used the praenomina Gnaeus, Titus, Marcus, and Sextus. Lucius and Gaius are not found prior to the second century AD. The character Tullus Aufidius in Shakespeare's play Coriolanus predates the earliest historical mention of the gens by some three hundred years, and is identified as Attius Tullius in Livy; there is no other evidence that the praenomen Tullus was used by the Aufidii.[1]

Branches and cognomina[edit]

The cognomina of the Aufidii under the Republic are Lurco and Orestes. Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes was descended from the Aurelii Orestides, but was adopted by the historian Gnaeus Aufidius in his old age.[1][2]

Members[edit]

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

Aufidii in literature[edit]

See also[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
  2. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pro Domo Sua 13.
  3. ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita xliii. 10.
  4. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Officiis ii. 17, Pro Domo Sua 13, Pro Plancio 21.
  5. ^ Eutropius, Breviarium historiae Romanae vi. 8.
  6. ^ Digesta seu Pandectae 13. tit. 6. s. 5. § 7, 35. tit. 1. s. 40. § 3, 39. tit. 3. s. 2. § 6.
  7. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares xii. 26, 27.
  8. ^ R.G. Collingwood and R.P. Wright, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (1965).
  9. ^ Portus Lemanis, Roman-Britain.org
  10. ^ Digesta seu Pandectae 5. tit. 3. s. 20 [22]. § 6.
  11. ^ ’’Fragmenta Vaticana’’ § 77.
  12. ^ Johann Caspar von Orelli, Inscriptionum Latinarum Selectarum Collectio n. 1176.
  13. ^ William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Coriolanus.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 

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