The gens Avidia was an
ancient Roman family that flourished during the early centuries of the
Empire. Several of its members rose to prominence during the late first and second centuries AD.
Branches and cognomina
Two branches of this family appeared towards the end of the first century. They were descended from two brothers, who bore the surnames Quietus, meaning "calm" or "peaceful", and Nigrinus, a diminutive of niger, meaning "blackish".[1][2][3]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Titus Avidius Quietus, consul suffectus in AD 111.[5]
Gaius Avidius Nigrinus,
proconsul during the reign of
Domitian, and brother of the elder Quietus;
Plutarch dedicated a treatise on brotherly love to them.[2][6]
Gaius Avidius C. f. Nigrinus, consul suffectus during the first half of AD 110; one of four senators put to death in the year following the accession of
Hadrian.[7][8]
Gaius Avidius C. f. Cassius, son of Heliodorus, and a successful general under Marcus Aurelius, against whom he rebelled in AD 175.[9]
Avidius Maecianus, son of Avidius Cassius, entrusted with the command of
Alexandria during his father's rebellion; he was slain by his own soldiers.[11]