Didia gens

Denarius of Titus Didius, minted in 113 or 112 BC. Roma is portrayed on the obverse, while the reverse depicts two gladiators. It may represent a political promise from Didius to offer gladiatorial shows, should he be elected curule aedile.[1]

The gens Didia, or Deidia, as the name is spelled on coins, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which first appears in history during the final century of the Republic. According to Cicero, they were novi homines. Titus Didius obtained the consulship in 98 BC, a dignity shared by no other Didii until imperial times.[2][3]

  1. ^ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 308.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 1004 ("Didia Gens").
  3. ^ Cicero, Pro Murena, 8.