Gens: PEDIUS  
Created: 2nd November 2013
Update:  8th April 2018
Status Republic: Patrician:     Pleb. Nobilis: X     Senatorial:      Eques Romanus:      Local magistrates  
Republican Family / Cognomen
Patrician n/a
Pleb. Nobilis no cognomen
Senatorial n/a
Equestrian n/a
Local magistrat. n/a
Uncertain n/a
Imperial Family / Cognomen
Imperators n/a
Consular Cascus, Hirrutus
Senatorial Blaesus
Equestrian Hirrutus, Iustus, Palpinianus
Equestrian (mil) n/a
Local magistrat. n/a
Uncertain n/a
Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors 1
Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars) 2 incl. 0 emperors
Notes: Since Q. Pedius cos suff.43 BC has no grandfather (nepos) in the Acta Triumph., it is likely his grandfather was not a Roman citizen.
Q. Pedius cos suff.43 was M.f. in Fasti Capitolini Triumphales and Q.f. in Fasti Colotiani 
Literature Alföldy: Fasti Hispanienses (1969) p.86-87 (Sex. Pedius Hirrutus Lucilius Pollio cos suff 158)
Alföldy: Konsulat (1977) p.170-172, 265, 286, 293, 309, 340 (Sex. Pedius Hirrutus Lucilius Pollio cos suff 158)
Broughton: Also Rans (1991) p.42-43 (§9 Q. Pedius RE1 as failed candidate for aed cur of 55 (or 54)
Corbier: Aerarium (1974) p.395-398 (§XIX Sex. Pedius Hirrutus Lucilius Pollio P215)
Dobson: Primipilares (1978) p.175 (§18 Sex. Pedius Lusianus Hirrutus P217)
Faoro, Davide: "Novità sui fasti equestri della Rezia", in Quaderni Friulani di Archeologia XVII/2007, p.97-120 on Sex. Pedius Lusianus Hirrutus in Raetia
Keaveney, Arthur and Madden, John: "Lucius Pinarius, Quintus Pedius: their Degrees of Kinship with Julius Caesar", in Latomus Vol. 47, 1988, p.354-357
discuss Suetonius' (Div. Iul., 83.2) statement that Caesar's three heirs (Octavius = Octavianus, L. Pinarius and Q. Pedius) were grand-nephews of Caesar. 
If the cos 43 BC is the heir, he cannot be a grand-nephew for chronological reasons, since he must be born by c.90 (curul aed cand for 55 or 54, normally aged 36),
but must be a nephew. It is possible, but there is no evidence, that the actual heir was Q. Pedius' son RE2 (q 41), Suetonius would then be correct
that all three heirs were grand-nephews.
Knorr, Ortwin: "Three Orators and a Flawed Argument" in The Classical Journal, Vol. 100, 2005, p. 393-400 argues against
that Q. Pedius orator, q 41 BC, had the cognomen Publicola.
Pflaum: Carrieres Procuratoriennes Tome 3, 1961, p.1102 (Sex. Pedius Palpianus P218, proposes cognomen Palpianus is a corruption of Pal(atina) Pinianus)
PIR2 letter P p.77 with stemma of Q. Pedius cos suff 43.
Raepsaet-Charlier: PFOS (1987) stemma XXXVI (Nonii)
Salomies: Nomenclature (1992) p.14 (§25 Sex. Pedius Hirrutus Lucilius Pollio cos suff 158)
Settipani: Continuite (2000) p.253-254 (possible dt of Cn. Pedius Cascus cos suff 71, and the link to L. Pomponius Bassus Cascus Scribonianus cos suff 135/140))
Suolahti, Jaakko: Junior Officers (1955) p.379 (§184 Pedii, Sex. Pedius Lusianus Hirrutus P217)
Szramkiewicz: Gouverneurs Vol.2  (1972) p.481-482 (Sex. Pedius Lusianus Hirrutus P217)
Winkler: Statthalter Raetien (1971) p.53 (§2 Sex. Pedius Lusianus Hirrutus P217)
Wiseman: New Men (1971) p.250 (§312 Q. Pedius cos suff 43 BC)
Wiseman, T.P.: "Some Republican Senators and Their Tribes", in The Classical Quarterly, Vol. 14, 1964, p.129 on Q. Pedius cos 43 BC and his familiy origin.
Possibly in tribus Falerna from Nola in Campania.
Zmeskal: adfinitas (2009) p.208-209 (Republican senatorial Pedii)
Changes 08.04.2018 New header, reference list plus minor updates
RE1 Nic263
Q.(or M.) Pedius                  .
eques Romanus from Campania,
~ Iulia maior, sister of CAESAR                  .
 
RE1  
Q. Pedius Q.f. (or M.f.)
leg of Caesar in Gallia 58-56
cur aed cand for 55 (or 54)
pr 48 procos Hisp Cit 47-45 triumph 45 
one 8th heir in Caesar's will 45 
cos suff 43 † homo novus
~ Valeria
dt of M. Valerius Messalla cos 61
 
RE2 P209
Q. Pedius (Publicola ??)
q urb 41, orator
 
RE7 P210
Q. Pedius
born mute, trained in painting, 
† young
REPUBLIC
IMPERIAL                                                      
P217 RE6b Dem227 Dobson18 LP15-3
Sex. Pedius Sex.f. Lusianus Hirrutus
trib Arnensis, family from Teate Marrucinorum 
primus pilus leg XXI Rap in Germ,
praef Raetia, Vindolicia et Vallis Poenina c.16/17 AD
IIII vir iure dicundo at Sulmo,
praef Germanicus Caesar before 19
quinq iuris ex senatus consulto, quinq iterum,
 
 
 
 
 
 
  P213 RE4 P212 RE3a LP38-23
  Cn. Pedius Cascus Pedius Blaesus
  cos suff 71 procos Creta-Cyrene,
  expelled from senate after conviction de repetundis after proconsulate 59
  ~ (Popillia?) Rectina FOS665 recalled to senate by Otho 69
  ment 79
   
  FOS605
  (Pedia Casca)
 
  ~ L. Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas
  either cos suff 78 or his son cos 94 128
  ↓
 
 
 
P214 RE5 P211 RE3
Sex. Pedius Sex.f. Hirrutus Sex. Pedius
trib. Arnensis, from Teate Marrucinorum  famous jurist
pr † sub Hadrian ca. era of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius
? ~ (Lucilia) could be P214 or P215
 
P215 RE6 LP23-23
Sex. Pedius Sex.f. Hirrutus Lucilius Pollio
trib. Arnensis,
pr, procos Maced 148/152
leg Aug iuridicus Asturia et Gallaecia c.154
praef aerar milit c.155-157
cos suff  158 † in office
UNCERTAIN DATE                                                    
P208 RE8 P207 RE8 P218 RE6c
Pedius […]inus     Pedius Sex. Pedius Sex.f. Palpinianus
clar puer clar puer proc Augusti
name on fistula aquaria name on fistula aquaria cognomen maybe corrupt (see Pflaum above)
3rd century 3rd century 1st half of 3rd century
 
P216 RE6a
Sex. Pedius Iustus
~ dt of M. Aurelius Iulianus
praef praetorio early 3rd century