(adj.adj.adj.) : Afrānĭus, a, um, adj.
* Name of a Roman gens.
* As adj.: Afrania fabula,i.e. written by the poet Afranius,Cic. Cael. 30.
* As subst.
* Lucius Afranius, a celebrated Roman comic poet, contemporary with Terence or a little later, of whose works we possess only a few fragments. Cf. concerning him, Cic. Brut. 45; id. Fin. 1, 3; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 57; Quint. 10, 1, 100; Bähr, Röm. Lit. Gesch. S. 70, and Teuffel, Röm. Lit. §§ 121, 135.
* Afranius, a general of Pompey in Spain, Cic. Fam. 16, 12; Caes. B. C. 1, 37; Vell. 2, 48.—Hence, Afrānĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Afranius: legio, Auct. B. Hisp. 7.—Subst.: Afrā-nĭāni, ōrum, m., soldiers of Afranius, Caes. B. C. 1, 43.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• A. Afranius (Masc, senator), ref: AE 1957, 165 | PIR ID1078
• L. Afranius (Masc, senator), ref: AE 1957, 165 | PIR ID1079
• Sex. Afranius Burrus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR A 0441 | PIR ID1080
• Cn. Afranius Dexter (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 0442 | PIR ID1081
• P. Afranius Flavianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 0443 | PIR ID1082
• Afranius Hannibalianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 0444 | PIR ID1083
• P. Afranius Potitus (Masc), ref: PIR A 0445 | PIR ID1084
• Afranius Quintianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 0446 | PIR ID1085
• Afranius Silo (Masc), ref: PIR A 0447 | PIR ID1086

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