The gens Fadia was a plebeian family at Rome. The gens came originally from the municipium of Arpinum. Some of its members settled at Rome, while others remained in their native place. The Fadii appear in history about the time of Cicero, but none of them rose to any higher office than the tribuneship. Under the Empire, two of the Fadii held the consulship.
The Fadii used a variety of common praenomina, including Titus, Marcus, Quintus, Gaius, Sextus, and Lucius.
Branches and cognomina
The only cognomens that occur in this family are Gallus and Rufus. Some of the Fadii bore no surnames.
Titus Fadius Gallus, quaestor of Cicero in his consulship, BC 63, and tribune of the people in 57, in which year he exerted himself with others to effect the recall of Cicero from exile. At a later period Fadius himself appears to have lived in exile, and Cicero in a letter still extant consoled him in his misfortune.
Marcus Fadius Gallus, an intimate friend of Cicero and Atticus. He was a partisan of Caesar during the Civil War, and served as one of his legates in Spain in 49 BC. In many editions of Cicero, his nomen is erroneously given as Fabius.
Quintus Fadius Gallus, brother of Marcus, with whom he had a dispute in 46 BC. On that occasion, Cicero, who called Quintus a homo non sapiens, recommended Marcus Fadius to Paetus.
Fadia, daughter of Quintus Fadius Gallus. She was fraudulently robbed of her paternal inheritance by Publius Sextilius Rufus.
Gaius or Quintus Fadius, a libertinus, who seems to have possessed considerable wealth, for his daughter, who was married to Marcus Antonius, is called a rich woman.
Fadia, married to the triumvir Marcus Antonius, at a time when he was yet a young man. She bore him several children.
Sextus Fadius, a disciple of the physician Nicon, but otherwise unknown.
Lucius Fadius, aedile at Arpinum in 44 BC.
Lucius Fadius Rufinus, consul suffectus in AD 113.
Gaius Fadius Rufus, consul suffectus in AD 145.
