Cornificia (gens)

The gens Cornificia was a plebeian family at Rome. No persons of this name occur until the last century of the Republic; and the first who obtained any of the higher honours of the state was Quintus Cornificius, praetor in 66 BC.[1]

Origin

The Cornificii seem to have come originally from Rhegium.[2] On coins the name is written Cornuficius, which is also the form used by Cassius Dio.[3][1]

Praenomina used

The only praenomina associated with the Cornificii are Quintus, Lucius, and Publius.[1]

Members

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

See also

List of Roman gentes

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
  2. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, xii. 25.
  3. Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Roman History, xlviii. 21.
  4. Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Verrem, i. 57.
  5. Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Verrem, Act. i. 10.; Epistulae ad Atticum, i. 1, 13.
  6. Quintus Asconius Pedianus, In Toga Candida, p. 82.
  7. Gaius Sallustius Crispus, The Conspiracy of Catiline, 47.
  8. Appianus, Bellum Civile, ii. 5.
  9. Quintus Asconius Pedianus, in Cic. Mil., 40, 54 (ed. Orelli).
  10. Quintus Asconius Pedianus, in Cic. Mil., 37.

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