The gens Opsidia or Obsidia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are known to have held any magistracies, but several are found in inscriptions.[1] One Obsidius gave his name to the volcanic glass obsidian.
^Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 2 ("Obsidius").
The gensOpsidia or Obsidia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are known to have held any magistracies, but several...
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derived from the more common Opsius; the same nomen also gives rise to the gensOpsidia or Obsidia. The common root of all three nomina is op-, "help", found...
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