Aufidia
Aufidia can refer to: * Aufidia gens, an ancient Roman gens * the name once thought to belong to Alfidia Alfidia was the mother of Rome's first empress, Livia. She is mistakenly called ''Aufidia'' by Suetonius, and this was assumed to be her name for centuries, but inscriptions found shows that her name was the rare nomen Alfidia. Biography It was on ...

Aufidia Gens
The gens Aufidia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which occurs in history from the later part of the Republic to the third century AD. The first member to obtain the consulship was Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes, in 71 BC.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. I, p. 418 ("Aufidia Gens"). Praenomina 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.William Shakespeare, ''The Tragedy of Coriolanus''. Branches and cognomina The cognomina of the Aufidii under the Republic are ''Lurco'' and ''Orestes''. Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes was descended from the A ...
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