Cornificius

Cornificius is the gentile name of a Roman plebeian dynasty that also bears the name Cornuficius on coins and has been used since the 1st century BC. Is demonstrable.

Important representatives of the sex were among others:

• Cornificius (scribe) , 74 BC Chr. Scribe ( Scriba ) of Gaius Verres
• Lucius Cornificius (Prosecutor) , Roman Prosecutor of Titus Annius Milo
• Lucius Cornificius (consul 35 BC) , Roman politician and general
• Quintus Cornificius (People's Tribune) , People's Tribune 69 BC BC, praetor around 66 BC BC, ran unsuccessfully for the consulate of the year 63 BC. Chr.
• Quintus Cornificius (poet) († 42 BC), who fell as a supporter of the Caesar murderers before Utica in Africa, was also a speaker and poet
• Gaius Longus , in the 3rd quarter of the 1st century BC. Active scholar, author of a work on religious antiquities

literature

• Friedrich Münzer among others: Cornificius. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Sp. 1605-1632.