Aufidius

Aufĭdĭus, a, um, adj., the name of a Roman gens; hence,

• I Cn. Aufidius, a contemporary of Cicero, but older, and the author of a Greek history, Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112; id. Fin. 5, 19, 54.—
• II T. Aufidius, a Roman orator, Cic. Brut. 48, 179—
• III Sext. Aufidius, Cic. Fam. 12, 26 and 27.— Hence, Aufĭdĭānus, a, um, adj., Aufidian: nomen, the debt of Aufidius, Cic. Fam. 16, 19.—
• IV Aufidius Luscus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 34; 2, 4, 24.

Aufidius, a, um, Name eines römischen Geschlechts, aus dem am bekanntesten: Cn. Aufidius, Volkstribun 114 v. Chr., Prätor 108 v. Chr., obgleich im hohen Alter blind, dennoch tätig im Staate u. in der Wissenschaft, Verfasser einer römischen Geschichte in griech. Sprache, Cic. Tusc. 5, 112. Cic. de fin. 5, 54. Da er kinderlos war (Cic. fragm. p. 490 ed. Orell.), adoptierte er den Cn. Aufidius Orestes (Aurelianus), Cic. de dom. 35, der 71 v. Chr. Konsul war, Cic. Planc. 52; de off. 2, 58. – M. Aufidius Lurco, Volkstribun 61 v. Chr., wahrsch. identisch mit dem Auf., der als Zeuge gegen Flaccus auftrat, Cic. Flacc. 10, u. mit dem Großvater der Livia, Suet. Cal. 23, führte zuerst das Mästen von Pfauen ein, Varr. r. r. 3, 6, 1. Plin. 10, 45. – T. Aufidius, ein röm. Redner, Cic. Brut. 179. – Sex. Aufidius, ein röm. Ritter, Cic. ep. 12, 26 sq. – Aufidius Luscus, ein berüchtigter Schlemmer, Hor. sat. 1, 5, 34 u. 2, 4, 24. – Aufidius Bassus, ein römischer Geschichtschreiber unter Augustus u. Tiberius, Verfasser einer Geschichte der röm. Bürgerkriege, sowie einer Geschichte der röm. Kriege in Germanien, die Plinius der Altere fortsetzte, s. die Auslegg. zu Tac. dial. 23, 3. Sen. ep. 30 in. Plin. ep. 3, 5, 6. Quint. 10, 1, 103. – Dav. Aufidiānus, a, um, aufidianisch, des (Sex.) Aufidius, nomen, Cic. ep. 16, 19.

Aufidĭus, (13) ī, m. , Cn. Aufidius, [auteur dʼune histoire en grec] : Cic. Tusc. 5, 112 ; Fin. 5, 54 || autres pers. : Varro R. 2, 9, 6 ; Cic. Br. 179 ; Fam. 12, 26 || Aufidius Bassus [historien sous Tibère] : Tac. D. 23 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 5, 6 ; Quint. 10, 1, 103.

Aufi'dius, Cn.

tribune of the plebs, B. C. 170, accused C. Lucretius Gallus on account of his oppression of the Chalcidians. (Liv. 43.10.)

Aufi'dius, Cn.

a learned historian and perhaps a jurist, is celebrated in some of the extant works of Cicero for the equanimity with which he bore blindness; and we find from St. Jerome (in Epitaph. Nepotiani, Opp. vol. iv. P. ii. p. 268, ed. Benedict.), that his patience was also recounted in the lost treatise de Consolatione. His corporeal blindness did not quench his intellectual vision. Bereaved of sight and advanced in age, he still attended his duties, and spoke in the senate, and found means to write a Grecian history. Cicero states (Tusc. Disp. 5.38), that he also gave advice to his friends (nec amicis deliberantibus deerat); and, on account of this expression, he has been ranked by some legal biographers among the Roman jurists. In his old age, he adopted Cn. Aurelius Orestes, who consequently took the name of Aufidius in place of Aurelius. This precedent has been quoted (Cic. pro Dom. 13) to shew that the power of adopting does not legally depend on the power of begetting children. Aufidius was quaestor B. C. 119, tribunus plebis, B. C. 114, and finally praetor B. C. 108, about two years before the birth of Cicero, who, as a boy, was acquainted with the old blind scholar. (De Fin. 5.19.) [J.T.G]

Aufi'dius, Sex.

was warmly recommended by Cicero to Cornificius, proconsul of Africa, in B. C. 43. (Ad Fam. 12.26, 27.)

Aufi'dius, T.

a jurist, the brother of M. Virgilius, who accused Sulla P. C. 86. It was probably the jurist who was quaestor B. C. 84, and who was afterwards praetor of Asia. (Cic. pro Flac. 19.) He may also have been the Aufidius once talked of as one of Cicero's competitors for the consulship, B. C. 63. (Cic. Att. 1.1.) In pleading private causes, he imitated the manner of T. Juventius and his disciple, P. Orbius, both of whom were sound lawyers and shrewd but unimpassioned speakers. Cicero, in whose lifetime he died at a very advanced age, mentions him rather slightingly as a good and harmless man, but no great orator. (Brutus, 48.) [J.T.G]

Aufi'dius, T.

a physician, who was a native of Sicily and a pupil of Asclepiades of Bithynia, and who therefore lived in the first century B. C. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Δυρράχιον.) He is probably the same person who is quoted by Caelius Aurelianus by the name of Titus only, and who wrote a work On the Soul and another On Chronic Diseases, consisting of at least two books. (Acut. Morb. 2.29, p. 144; Morb. Chron. 1.5, p. 339.) [W.A.G]

Aufi'dius Bassus

[Bassus.]

Aufi'dius Chius

a jurist. Works Vaticana Fragmenta

He is known only from the so-called Vaticana Fragmenta.

In Vat. Frag. § 77, an opinion of Atilicinus is cited from Aufidius Chius; hence it is plain that this Aufidius could be neither Namusa nor Tucca, the disciples of Servius, for they lived long before Atilicinus. The Chian may possibly be identified with Titus or Titus Aufidius, who was consul under Hadrian, and is mentioned in the preamble of a senatusconsultum which is cited in Dig. 5. tit. 3. s. 20 [22]. § 6. Editions

This was first published by Mai in 1823 along with fragments of Symmachus and other newly-discovered remains of antiquity. Further Information

Bruns, Quid conferant Vaticana Fragmenta ad melius cognoscendum jus Romanum, p. 16, Tubingae, 1842. [J.T.G]

Aufi'dius Namusa

[Namusa.]

Aufi'dius Tucca

[Tucca.]