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Families in ancient Rome
The gens Afrania was a
plebeian family at
Rome , which is first mentioned in the second century BC. The first member of this
gens to achieve prominence was Gaius Afranius Stellio, who became
praetor in 185 BC.
[1]
Origin
The
nomen Afranius belongs to a class of gentilicia derived from surnames ending in -anus , typically derived from place names.
[2] The Afranii may have been of
Picentine origin.
Lucius Afranius , who held the
consulship in 60 BC, was from
Picenum , and a
Titus Afranius or Afrenius was one of the leaders of the allies during the
Social War .
[3]
Praenomina
The main
praenomina used by the Afranii were
Lucius ,
Publius ,
Gaius ,
Gnaeus and
Sextus . There are also several occurrences of
Marcus and
Quintus , while other praenomina occur infrequently, with individual instances of
Aulus ,
Spurius , and
Titus .
Branches and cognomina
The only
cognomen of the Afranii in the time of the Republic is Stellio , referring to a spotted newt or lizard, perhaps with the implication that the bearer was crafty. Other surnames are found under the
Empire .
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Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina . For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation .
Gaius Afranius Stellio,
praetor in 185 BC, and
triumvir for founding a colony in 183.
[6]
[7]
Gaius Afranius C. f. Stellio, served in the war against
Perseus , and was taken captive at the surrender of the Roman garrison at Uscana, 169 BC.
[8]
Lucius Afranius , a comic poet, who lived at the beginning of the first century BC.
[9]
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Titus Afranius , one of the leaders of the Italian confederates in the
Social War .
[19]
[20]
Lucius Afranius A. f. ,
legate of
Gnaeus Pompeius , and consul in 60 BC.
[21]
[22]
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[32]
Spurius Afranius, appears on coins.
[33]
Marcus Afranius, appears on coins.
[33]
Gaia Afrania , wife of the senator Licinius Buccio.
[34]
[35]
Lucius Afranius L. l. Buccio, a freedman named in an inscription from Rome.
[36]
Lucius Afranius L. f. A. n., negotiated with
Caesar in
Hispania for his life and that of his father.
[37]
Publius Afranius Potitus , having vowed to sacrifice himself in order to bring about the recovery of
Caligula from an illness, was cruelly put to death by the emperor to fulfill the promise.
[38]
[39]
Sextus Afranius Burrus , a general in the time of
Claudius , who served as tutor and advisor to the emperor
Nero . When he refused to assist Nero in ridding himself of his mother, and then his wife, the emperor had Burrus poisoned, in AD 62.
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Afranius Quintianus, a senator, was compelled to commit suicide as a result of his part in
Piso's
conspiracy against Nero in AD 65.
[43]
Sextus Afranius Prifernas, named in a funerary inscription from Rome, dating to AD 70.
[44]
Gnaeus Afranius Dexter , a friend of the
epigrammatist
Marcus Valerius Martialis , was consul suffectus from the Kalends of May in AD 105. He was murdered in early July.
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Publius Afranius Apthorus, named in a list of donors at
Veleia dating to the reign of
Trajan .
[48]
Afranius Priscus, named in a list of donors at Veleia in the reign of Trajan.
[48]
Afrania Musa, named in a list of donors at Veleia in the reign of Trajan.
[48]
Publius Afranius Flavianus , consul in AD 117.
[47]
Gnaeus Afranius, the grandfather of Gnaeus Afranius Priscus Sabinianus.
[49]
Gnaeus Afranius Sabinus, the father of Gnaeus Afranius Priscus Sabinianus.
[49]
Gnaeus Afranius Cn. f. Cn. f. Priscus Sabinianus, buried at
Aesernia in
Samnium , during the second century AD.
[49]
Lucius Afranius L. f. Sedatus, a native of
Sutrium , was a soldier in the
praetorian guard in AD 197.
[50]
Gaius Afranius Victor, one of the
vigiles in the time of Septimius Severus.
[51]
Marcus Afranius Hannibal, tribune of a cohort in the
thirtieth legion in
Pannonia , some time in the late third century.
[52]
Afranius Hannibalianus , a senator and military officer, consul in AD 292.
Afranius Syagrius , consul in AD 382.
Imperial Afranii of uncertain date
Afrania L. l., daughter of Urania, a freedwoman, buried at
Narbo , aged eleven.
[53]
Gnaeus Afranius, the father of Gnaeus Afranius Bromius.
[54]
Lucius Afranius, named in an inscription from
Begastrum in
Hispania Citerior .
[55]
Publius Afranius, the former master of Publius Afranius Hermes and Afrania Romana.
[56]
Publius Afranius, the father of Publius Afranius Secundus.
[57]
Quintus Afranius, named in an inscription from Rome.
[58]
Quintus Afranius, the former master of Quintus Afranius Cresimus.
[59]
Gaius Afranius Apollinaris, a soldier in the
praetorian guard .
[60]
Gnaeus Afranius Cn. f. Bromius, the husband of Numisia Marcella, buried at
Aufidenia in
Samnium .
[54]
Lucius Afranius Cerealis, the former master of Lucius Afranius Eros and Afrania Procilla.
[53]
Lucius Afranius Clementianus, buried at
Thugga in
Africa Proconsularis .
[61]
Lucius Afranius Corinthus, named in a funerary inscription from
Brundisium .
[62]
Quintus Afranius Q. l. Cresimus, named in an inscription from Rome.
[59]
Lucius Afranius L. l. Eros, a freedman, and the husband of Afrania Procilla, was one of the
Sodales Augustales at
Tarraco in
Hispania Tarraconensis .
[53]
Marcus Afranius Euporius, one of the Sodales at
Olisipo .
[63]
Sextus Afranius Firmus, named in a libationary inscription from
Carnuntum in
Pannonia Superior .
[64]
Lucius Afranius Fortunatianus, buried at Thugga, aged seventeen.
[65]
Gnaeus Afranius Hermes, buried at
Portus .
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Publius Afranius P. l. Hermes, the husband of Afrania Romana, was a freedman buried at Rome.
[56]
Afrania Hermione, named in an inscription from Rome.
[67]
Afrania Hilara, buried at Carnuntum, aged twenty-five.
[68]
Quintus Afranius Ingenuus, buried at
Thuburnica in Africa Proconsularis, aged eighty-five.
[69]
Lucius Afranius Ipocrates, freedman of Galliopa, buried at
Belianes in Hispania Citerior, aged thirty-six.
[70]
Sextus Afranius S. f. Lautus, son of Afrania Prote, buried at Rome, aged ten years, nine months, and four days.
[71]
Publius Afranius Major, a soldier in the
fifteenth legion , named in a funerary inscription from Carnuntum.
[68]
Lucius Afranius Maritimus, husband of Julia Severa and father of Lucius Afranius Severus.
[72]
Sextus Afranius Optatus, named in a funerary inscription from Rome.
[73]
Sextus Afranius Philetus, buried at
Tarquinii , aged fifty-six.
[74]
Gaius Afranius Plocamus, named in an inscription from Rome.
[67]
Afrania L. l. Procilla, a freedwoman, and the wife of Lucius Afranius Eros.
[53]
Afrania Prote, mother of Sextus Afranius Lautus.
[71]
Afrania P. l. Romana, wife of Publius Afranius Hermes, was a freedwoman buried at Rome, aged twenty-two years, seven months.
[56]
Publius Afranius P. f. Secundus, a native of
Hadrumetum , was buried at
Lambaesis in
Numidia , aged seventeen years, twenty-eight days.
[57]
Sextus Afranius Serenus, named in a funerary inscription from Rome.
[75]
Lucius Afranius Successus, buried at Thugga, aged forty-seven.
[76]
Lucius Afranius L. f. Severus, son of Lucius Afranius Maritimus and Julia Severa, buried at
Albintimilium in
Liguria , aged fourteen.
[72]
Lucius Afranius Victor, a veteran of the
third legion , buried at the present site of Mechta Tafsa, formerly part of
Mauretania Caesariensis .
[77]
Publius Afranius Victor, husband of Claudia Ingenua, a
centurion buried at
Matrica in
Pannonia Inferior , aged fifty.
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See also
References
^
a
b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , vol. I, p. 55 ("Afrania Gens").
^ Chase, p. 118.
^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , vol. I, p. 55 ("Titus Afranius or Titus Afrenius", No. 8).
^ Chase, pp. 112, 113.
^ New College Latin & English Dictionary , s. v. stellio .
^ Livy, xxxix. 23, 25.
^ Broughton, vol. I, pp. 372, 380.
^ Livy, xliii. 18, 19.
^ Quintilian, x. 1. § 100.
^ Horace, Epistulae , ii. 1. 57.
^ Macrobius, vi. 1.
^ Cicero, De Finibus , i. 3, Brutus , 45.
^ Velleius Paterculus, i. 17, ii. 19.
^ Gellius, xiii. 8.
^ Suetonius, "The Life of Nero", 11.
^ Ausonius, Epigrammata , 71.
^ Bothe, Poëtae Scenici Latinorum .
^ Neukirch, De Fabula Togata .
^ Appian, Bellum Civile , i. 40, 47.
^ Florus, iii. 18.
^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum , i. 16, 18, 20, Philippicae , xiii. 14.
^ Plutarch, "The Life of Sertorius", 19, "The Life of Pompeius", 34, 36, 39, 65, 66, "The Life of Caesar", 36.
^ Cassius Dio, xxxvii. 49, xli. 20–23, 52, xlii. 10, xliii. 12.
^ Velleius Paterculus, ii. 48, 52.
^ Caesar, De Bello Civili , i. 38–86.
^ Appian, Bellum Civile , ii. 42, 43, 65, 76.
^ Hirtius, De Bello Africo , 95.
^ Suetonius, "The Life of Caesar", 75.
^ Florus, iv. 2. § 90.
^ Livy, Epitome , 114.
^ Aurelius Victor, De Viris Illustribus , 78.
^ Broughton, vol. II, pp. 99, 119, 121 (note 4), 182, 183, 220, 252, 266.
^
a
b Eckhel, vol. v, p. 132 ff.
^ Valerius Maximus, viii. 3. § 1.
^ Digesta , 3. tit. 1. s. 1. § 5.
^
CIL
VI, 11199 .
^ Caesar, De Bello Civili , i. 74, 84.
^ Cassius Dio, lix. 8.
^ Suetonius, "The Life of Caligula", 27.
^ Tacitus, Annales , xii. 42, 69, xiii. 2, 30, ff , xiv. 7, 51, 52.
^ Cassius Dio, lii. 13.
^ Suetonius, "The Life of Nero", 35.
^ Tacitus, Annales , xv. 49, 56, 70.
^
CIL
VI, 200 .
^ Pliny the Younger, Epistulae , v. 14.
^ Martial, Epigrammata , vii. 27.
^
a
b
Fasti Ostienses ,
CIL
XIV, 244 , 245, 4531–4546, 5354, 5355.
^
a
b
c
CIL
XI, 1147 .
^
a
b
c
CIL
IX, 2697 .
^
CIL
VI, 2384 .
^
CIL
VI, 1057 .
^
AE
2011, 990 .
^
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b
c
d
CIL
XII, 4377 .
^
a
b
CIL
IX, 2816 .
^
AE
1995, 953b .
^
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b
c
CIL
VI, 11212 .
^
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b
CIL
VIII, 18359 .
^
CIL
VI, 8218 .
^
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b
CIL
VI, 34328 .
^
CIL
VI, 2906 .
^ MAD , 52.
^
CIL
IX, 6121 .
^
CIL
II, 175 .
^
CIL
III, 4398 .
^
CIL
VIII, 26697 .
^
CIL
XIV, 546 .
^
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b
CIL
VI, 11210 .
^
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b
CIL
III, 13480 .
^ BCTH , 1915–216.
^
AE
1972, 318 .
^
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b
CIL
VI, 11206 .
^
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b Pais, Supplementa Italica , 986.
^
CIL
VI, 34330 .
^
CIL
XI, 3397 .
^
CIL
VI, 19003 .
^
CIL
VIII, 26699 .
^ ILAlg , 02-03, 08336a.
^
AE
1982, 812 .
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