The gens Orfidia was a minor
plebeian family at
Rome. Only a few members of this
gens occur in history, but others are mentioned in inscriptions. The most illustrious of the Orfidii was probably Publius Orfidius Senecio,
consulsuffectus in AD 148.[1][2]
Origin
The
nomenOrfidius appears to belong to a class of gentilicia formed from other names using the suffix -idius.[3] In this instance, the name was probably formed from the nomen Orfius, or perhaps the cognomen Orfitus, both of which are probably derived from the
Oscan cognate of the
LatinOrbus, a waif or orphan.[4][5]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Gaius Orfidius Benignus, overseer of a farm, buried at
Nursia in
Samnium.[8]
Gaius Orfidius C. f. Benignus Juventianus, theocolus[i] of Jupiter Capitolinus at
Corinth.[9]
Publius (Orfidius) P. f. Anniolenus Epagathus,[ii] the son of Publius Orfidius Epagathus and Anniolena Primigenia, buried at
Peltuinum in Samnium, aged nineteen.[10]
Orfidia Sex. C. l. Certa, a freedwoman named in an inscription from Aufinum.[12]
Publius Orfidius Epagathus, husband of Anniolena Primigenia, and father of Publius Anniolenus Epagathus, buried at Peltuinum.[10]
(Orfidius) Gemellus, dedicated a monument at Nursia to his brother, Gaius Orfidius Benignus.[8]
Orfidia Procula, named in an inscription from
Aufinum in Samnium, may be connected with the legate Gaius Orfidius Benignus.[13][1]
Orfidius C. f. Proculus, dedicated a monument to his father at the present site of
Karaağaç, Edirne, then in
Asia.[14]
Publius Orfidius Senecio, legatus pro praetore at
Ulpia Trajana in
Dacia; an inscription from
Germisara Castra indicates that he was in command of a detachment of soldiers from the
Legio XIII Gemina. He is probably the same man as the consul of AD 148.[15]
Publius Orfidius Senecio, consul suffectus in AD 148.[2]
Gaius Orfidius Stratocles, the father of Proculus, buried at the present site of Karaağaç.[14]
Footnotes
^From Greek θεοκολος, a type of priest employed by a few Roman cults, including that of Jupiter Capitolinus, as observed at Corinth.
The gens Orfidia was a minor
plebeian family at
Rome. Only a few members of this
gens occur in history, but others are mentioned in inscriptions. The most illustrious of the Orfidii was probably Publius Orfidius Senecio,
consulsuffectus in AD 148.[1][2]
Origin
The
nomenOrfidius appears to belong to a class of gentilicia formed from other names using the suffix -idius.[3] In this instance, the name was probably formed from the nomen Orfius, or perhaps the cognomen Orfitus, both of which are probably derived from the
Oscan cognate of the
LatinOrbus, a waif or orphan.[4][5]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Gaius Orfidius Benignus, overseer of a farm, buried at
Nursia in
Samnium.[8]
Gaius Orfidius C. f. Benignus Juventianus, theocolus[i] of Jupiter Capitolinus at
Corinth.[9]
Publius (Orfidius) P. f. Anniolenus Epagathus,[ii] the son of Publius Orfidius Epagathus and Anniolena Primigenia, buried at
Peltuinum in Samnium, aged nineteen.[10]
Orfidia Sex. C. l. Certa, a freedwoman named in an inscription from Aufinum.[12]
Publius Orfidius Epagathus, husband of Anniolena Primigenia, and father of Publius Anniolenus Epagathus, buried at Peltuinum.[10]
(Orfidius) Gemellus, dedicated a monument at Nursia to his brother, Gaius Orfidius Benignus.[8]
Orfidia Procula, named in an inscription from
Aufinum in Samnium, may be connected with the legate Gaius Orfidius Benignus.[13][1]
Orfidius C. f. Proculus, dedicated a monument to his father at the present site of
Karaağaç, Edirne, then in
Asia.[14]
Publius Orfidius Senecio, legatus pro praetore at
Ulpia Trajana in
Dacia; an inscription from
Germisara Castra indicates that he was in command of a detachment of soldiers from the
Legio XIII Gemina. He is probably the same man as the consul of AD 148.[15]
Publius Orfidius Senecio, consul suffectus in AD 148.[2]
Gaius Orfidius Stratocles, the father of Proculus, buried at the present site of Karaağaç.[14]
Footnotes
^From Greek θεοκολος, a type of priest employed by a few Roman cults, including that of Jupiter Capitolinus, as observed at Corinth.