Antia gens

The gens Antia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. The first member of this gens to come to prominence was Spurius Antius, one of four ambassadors sent to Lars Tolumnius, the king of Veii in 438 BC. Despite this early occurrence in history, the Antii were of little importance during the Republic, but they continued into the third century, obtaining the consulship in AD 94 and 105.[1][2][3]

Praenomina

The Antii used the praenomina Spurius, Marcus, and Gaius.

Branches and cognomina

The cognomina of the Antii under the Republic were Briso and Restio.[1] In imperial times we find Quadratus and Crescens.

Members

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

• Spurius Antius, one of four Roman ambassadors put to death by Lars Tolumnius, the king of Veii, in 438 BC. Together with his colleagues, he was memorialized by a statue on the rostra.[2]
• Marcus Antius Briso, tribune of the plebs in 137 BC.[4]
• (Gaius) Antius Restio, author of a sumptuary law prohibiting magistrates from dining out, c. 71 BC.[5][6]
• Gaius Antius C. f. Restio, triumvir monetalis in 47 BC, proscribed by the triumvirs in 43 BC.[7][8][9]
• Gaius Antius Aulus Julius Quadratus, consul suffectus in AD 94, and consul in 105.
• Marcus Antius Crescens Calpurnianus, governor of Britannia circa AD 202.

See also

• List of Roman gentes

References

1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 184 ("Antia Gens").
2. Livy, iv. 16.
3. Cicero, Philippicae, ix. 2.
4. Cicero, Brutus, 25.
5. Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, ii. 24.
6. Macrobius, Saturnalia, ii. 13.
7. Valerius Maximus, vi. 8. § 7.
8. Appian, Bellum Civile, iv. 43,
9. Macrobius, Saturnalia, i. 11.

Bibliography

• Marcus Tullius Cicero, Brutus, Philippicae.
• Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome.
• Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium (Memorable Facts and Sayings).
• Appianus Alexandrinus (Appian), Bellum Civile (The Civil War).
• Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae (Attic Nights).
• Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Saturnalia.
• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).