Denarius of Lucius Axius Naso, 71 BC. The obverse depictsMars, while on the reverseDiana drives abiga pulled by stags, surrounded by her hounds. The Axii probably had a special devotion to the goddess.
Thegens Axia, also spelledAxsia, was aplebeian family atRome during the final century of theRepublic and the beginning of theEmpire. Thegens does not appear to have been particularly large or important, although at least some of the family were reasonably wealthy.[1]
None of the Axii mentioned in history bear a surname; the onlycognomen found in inscriptions isNaso, originally referring to someone with a prominent nose.[1][2][3]
Marcus Gallius Axianus, son of Cicero and Varro's friend who was adopted into theGallia gens.[10]
Lucius Axius L. f. Naso,triumvir monetalis in 71 BC, probably to be identified with theeques mentioned by Varro, and a banker named in an inscription.[11][12][2][13]
Lucius Axius L. f. (L. n.) Naso, proconsul inCyprus in AD 29.[14]
Quintus Axius Aelianus, governor of the Roman province ofDacia in the 2nd century CE.[15]
Wilhelm Dittenberger,Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum (Collection of Greek Inscriptions, abbreviatedSIG), Leipzig (1883);Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae (Select Inscriptions from the Greek East, abbreviatedOGIS), Leipzig (1905).
