Axia gens

The gens Axia, also spelled Axsia, was a plebeian family at Rome during the final century of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire.

The gens 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 only cognomen found in inscriptions is Naso, originally referring to someone with a prominent nose.

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Denarius of Lucius Axius Naso, 71 BC. The obverse depicts Mars , while on the reverse Diana drives a biga pulled by stags, surrounded by her hounds. The Axii probably had a special devotion to the goddess.