The ''gens Alfena'' or ''Alfenia'' was a
Roman
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family, known from the first century BC to the first century AD. The
gens
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is known chiefly from five individuals, three of whom attained the
consulship. Three shared the
cognomen ''Varus'', and may have been closely related.
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Members
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(Publius) Alfenus Varus, a
jurist
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and pupil of
Servius Sulpicius Rufus.
* Publius Alfenius Varus, perhaps the son of the jurist, consul in AD 2.
*
Alfenus or Alfenius Varus, perhaps a descendant of the jurist, a general in the service of
Aulus Vitellius
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in AD 69.
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Lucius Alfenus Senecio Lucius Alfenus Senecio was a Roman figure of the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries.
Career
Born in Curculum, Africa (Roman province) ( Djemila, Algeria), Lucius Alfenus Senecio was a Numidian ( Romanised Berber). He served as ''procurator Augusti' ...
, consul and Roman governor of Britain in the early third century.
*Lucius Alfenus Avitianus, consul ''suffectus'' in an uncertain year around AD 210–220; he was a member of the
Arval brethren
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, and served as governor of
Arabia Petraea
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during the reign of
Caracalla
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.
See also
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List of Roman gentes
References
Roman gentes
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