Antistia gens

Origin

Praenomina

Branches and cognomina

Members

• Antistius Petro of Gabii, said to have concluded a treaty with Rome in 510 BC, during the reign of Tarquin the Proud.
• Sextus Antistius, tribune of the plebs in 422 BC.
• Aulus Antistius, tribune of the plebs in 420 BC.
• Lucius Antistius, consular tribune in 379 BC.
• Marcus Antistius, tribune of the plebs circa 320 BC.
• Marcus Antistius, sent in 218 BC to the north of Italy to recall Gaius Flaminius, the consul elect, to Rome.
• Lucius Antistius, legate sent to Sicily in 215 BC.
• Sextus Antistius, sent in 208 BC into Gaul to watch the movements of Hasdrubal.
• Gaius Antestius, triumvir monetalis in 146 BC. His coins feature a puppy, which, according to Crawford, might have stood for the surname Catulus.
• Antistia, wife of Appius Claudius Pulcher, and mother-in-law of Tiberius Gracchus.
• Lucius Antestius Gragulus, triumvir monetalis in 136 BC.
• Publius Antistius, tribune of the plebs in 88 BC, put to death by order of the younger Marius in 82.
• Antistia P. f., the first wife of Pompeius, who divorced her on Sulla's orders. She then took her own life.
• Lucius Antistus, tribune of the plebs in 58 BC, attempted to prosecute Caesar, but was prevented from doing so by the other tribunes.
• Titus Antistius, quaestor in Macedonia in BC 50, remained neutral during the Civil War.
• Antistius, the physician who examined the body of Caesar after his murder in 44 BC.
• Antistius Sosianus, praetor in AD 62, banished at the commencement of Nero's reign.
• Lucius Antistius Rusticus, consul suffectus in AD 90.
• Quintus Antistius Q. f. Adventus Postumius Aquilinus, a general under Lucius Verus, who later served as governor of Roman Britain from about AD 175 to 178.
• Antistius Capella, one of the tutors of Commodus.
• Lucius Antistius Burrus, son-in-law of Marcus Aurelius, he was consul in AD 181, but put to death in 188 for joining a conspiracy against Commodus.
• Antistius, a writer of Greek epigrams, three of which are preserved in the Greek Anthology.
• Tiberius Antistius Fausti f. Marcianus, a military tribune with the fifteenth legion, not earlier than the latter half of the second century.

  Antistii Regini

• Lucius Antistius Reginus, tribune of the plebs in 103 BC, freed his friend the consul Quintus Servilius Caepio and went into exile at Smyrna with him.
• Gaius Antistius Reginus, one of Caesar's legates in Gaul.

  Antistii Labeones

• Quintus Antistius Labeo, a Roman jurist, and disciple of Servius Sulpicius Rufus. One of the murderers of Caesar, Antistius ordered a slave to kill him after the Battle of Philippi.
• Marcus Antistius Q. f. Labeo, a jurist in the time of Augustus. An opponent of the triumvirs, he refused the consulship offered by Augustus because of his political views.

  Antistii Veteres

• Antistius Vetus, praetor about 70 BC, and propraetor in Hispania Ulterior about 68, under whom Caesar served as quaestor.
• Antistius Vetus, tribune of the plebs in 56 BC.
• Gaius Antistius Vetus, a supporter of Caesar, and consul suffectus in 30 BC.
• Gaius Antistius C. f. Vetus, pontifex, and consul in 6 BC. Son of the consul of 30 BC
• Gaius Antistius C. f. C. n. Vetus, consul in AD 23; son of the consul of 6 BC.
• Lucius Antistius C. f. C. n. Vetus, pontifex, and consul suffectus in AD 26; son of the consul of 6 BC.
• Camerinus Antistius Vetus, consul suffectus in AD 46.
• Gaius Antistius Vetus, consul in AD 50, during the reign of Claudius.
• Lucius Antistius Vetus, consul in AD 55.
• Antistia L. f. Pollitta, wife of Gaius Rubellius Plautus.
• Gaius Antistius Vetus, consul in AD 96.
• Antistius Vetus, consul in AD 116.
• Antistius Vetus, consul in AD 150.

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