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Epidia gens

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The gens Epidia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. The only members to achieve any importance lived during the first century BC.[1]

Origin

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According to Suetonius, The orator Epidius claimed to have been descended from a rural deity known as Epidius Nuncionus, although this name may reflect a corruption in the text of Suetonius. Apparently the god was worshiped along the banks of the Sarnus.[2][3]

Members

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, pp. 36, 967 ("Epidius", "C. Epidius Marullus").
  2. ^ a b Suetonius, De Claris Rhetoribus, 4.
  3. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 36 ("Epidius").
  4. ^ Cassius Dio, Roman History, xliv. 9, 10.
  5. ^ Appian, Bellum Civile, ii. 108, 122.
  6. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Caesar", 61.
  7. ^ Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History, ii. 68.
  8. ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Caesar", 79, 80.
  9. ^ Cicero, Philippicae, xiii. 15.

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