The gens Antistia, sometimes written Antestia, was a plebeian family at Rome. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Sextus Antistius, tribune of the people in 422 BC.
According to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a certain Antistius Petro of Gabii concluded a treaty with Rome in the time of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last King of Rome. This legend points to a tradition that the Antistii originated at Gabii, an ancient Latin town a short distance east of Rome.
The oldest families of the Antistii used the praenomina Sextus, Lucius, and Marcus. In the later Republic, members of the gens also used Publius, Titus, Gaius, and Quintus. The Antistii Veteres used primarily Gaius and Lucius.
Branches and cognomina of the gens
In the earlier ages of the Republic, none of the members of the gens appear with any surname, and even in later times they are sometimes mentioned without one. The surnames under the Republic are Labeo, Reginus, and Vetus. The latter was the greatest family of the Antistii, and held several consulships from the time of Augustus to that of Antoninus Pius. In 29 BC, Octavian elevated this family to the patriciate.
This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
Antistius Petro of Gabii, said to have concluded a treaty with Rome in the reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus.
Sextus Antistius, tribune of the people in 422 BC.
Lucius Antistius, tribunus militum consulari potestate in 379 BC.
Marcus Antistius, tribunus plebis circa 320 BC.
Marcus Antistius, sent in 218 BC to the north of Italy to recall Gaius Flaminius, the consul elect, to Rome.
Sextus Antistius, sent in 208 BC into Gaul to watch the movements of Hasdrubal.
Antistia, wife of Appius Claudius Pulcher, and mother-in-law of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus.
Publius Antistius, tribunus plebis in 88 BC, put to death by order of the younger Marius in 82.
Antistia P. f., the first wife of Gnaeus Pompeius, who divorced her on the orders of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
Titus Antistius, quaestor in Macedonia in BC 50, remained neutral during the Civil War.
Gaius Antistius Reginus, one of Caesar's legates in Gaul.
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.
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.
Antistius Vetus, praetor about 70 BC, and propraetor in Hispania Ulterior about 68, under whom Caesar served as quaestor.
Gaius Antistius Vetus, a supporter of Caesar, and consul suffectus in 30 BC.
Gaius Antistius C. f. Vetus, pontifex, and consul in 6 BC.
Gaius Antistius C. f. C. n. Vetus, consul in AD 23.
Lucius Antistius C. f. C. n. Vetus, consul suffectus in AD 28.
Gaius Antistius (C. f. C. n.) Vetus, consul in AD 50, during the reign of Claudius.
Lucius Antistius (C. f. C. n.) Vetus, consul in AD 55.
Antistia L. f. (C. n.), wife of Gaius Rubellius Plautus.
Gaius Antistius Vetus, consul in AD 96.
Antistius Vetus, consul in AD 116.
Antistius Vetus, consul in AD 150.
