Oppidia gens

The gens Oppidia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are mentioned by ancient writers, of whom the best known may be Servius Oppidius, whose advice to his sons is described by the poet Horace.

Origin
The nomen of this gens, Oppidius, belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from other names, in this case Oppius, by means of the suffix -idius. The root of the nomen is probably op-, "help", which occurs in the name of the goddess Ops, as well as the gentes Opsia, Opsidia, and Opsilia, and probably also in the praenomen Opiter, and its derived gentilicia, Opiternia and Opetreia. Many of these names appear to be of Sabine or Samnite origin.

Members

 * Servius Oppidius, a resident of Canusium, divided his estate between his sons, whom he urged to avoid excessive spending or hoarding.
 * Aulus Oppidius Ser. f., advised by his father not to become a spendthrift.
 * Tiberius Oppidius Ser. f., advised by his father not to become a miser.
 * Quintus Oppidius Faustus, a freedman buried at Allifae in Campania.
 * Oppidia Q. f. Galla, named in an inscription from Saepinum in Samnium.
 * Gaius Oppidius Peregrinus, named in a list of soldiers serving in the Praetorian Guard at Rome, dating to AD 210.
 * Oppidia Phylacia, a freedwoman buried at Allifae.
 * Quintus Oppidius Probus, a freedman buried at Allifae, aged twenty.
 * Oppidia C. f. Rufa, mother of Marcus Granius Cordus, a veteran soldier and one of the municipal officials of Allifae.
 * Oppidia Specula, a freedwoman buried at Allifae, aged twenty-one.