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

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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

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

Members

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 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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