Afranius
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Afranius was the name of several people in ancient Rome:
- Lucius Afranius (poet)Lucius Afranius (poet)Lucius Afranius was an ancient Roman comic poet, who lived at the beginning of the 1st century BC. His comedies described Roman scenes and manners and the subjects were mostly taken from the life of the lower classes...
, a Roman comic poet - Lucius Afranius (consul)Lucius Afranius (consul)Lucius Afranius was an ancient Roman legatus and client of Pompey the Great. He served with Pompey during his Iberian campaigns against Sertorius in the late 70s BC, and remained in his service right through to the Civil War. He died after the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC.-Early career:Lucius...
, consul in 60 BC - Gaia AfraniaGaia AfraniaGaia Afrania was the wife of the senator Licinius Buccio, and a very litigious woman. She always pleaded her own causes before the praetor, and thus gave occasion to the publishing of the edict which forbade all women to postulate. Afrania died in 48 BC.-References:...
, female jurist of the 1st century BC who was the initial subject of a ban on women arguing cases; possibly sister of the preceding - Sextus Afranius BurrusSextus Afranius BurrusSextus Afranius Burrus , Praetorian prefect, was advisor to Roman Emperor Nero and, together with Seneca the Younger, very powerful in the early years of Nero's reign....
, tutor and advisor of the emperor Nero - Publius Afranius PotitusPublius Afranius PotitusPublius Afranius Potitus was a Roman plebeian who vowed during an illness of Caligula to sacrifice his own life if the emperor recovered, expecting to be rewarded for his devotion...
, executed by Caligula - Flavius Afranius SyagriusFlavius Afranius SyagriusFlavius Afranius Syagrius was a Roman politician and administrator.- Life :Afranius' father was Clodoreius; it is unknown who his mother was. Afranius was also a member of the Gallic-Roman aristocratic family of the Syagrii, which originated in Lyon...
, (b. ca 345) Roman consul - Afrania gensAfrania gensThe gens Afrania was a plebeian family at Rome, which is first mentioned in the 2nd century BC. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Gaius Afranius Stellio, who became praetor in 185 BC.-Origin of the gens:...
, the family to which these people probably belonged (not everyone with the name "Afranius" was actually part of this gens)