Virginius
1. A. Virginius, tribune of the plebs. B. C. 461, accused K. Quintius, the son of L. Cincinnatus, and after a severe struggle obtained his condemnation. (Liv. 3.11_13.)
2. L. Virginius, the father of Virginia, whose tragic fate occasioned the downfall of the decemvirs, B. C. 449. [Virginia.]
3. A. Virginius, tribune of the plebs, B. C. 395, was condemned with his colleague Q. Pomponius, two years afterwards. (Liv. 5.29.) For details see Pomponius, No. 3.
4. L. Virginius, a tribune of the soldiers in the second Punic war, B. C. 207. (Liv. 27.43.)
5. Virginius, tribune of the plebs, B. C. 87, who accused Sulla, is spoken of under Virgilius, No. 1.
6. Virginius, proscribed by the triumvirs B. C. 43, escaped to Sicily by promising large sums of money to his slaves, and to the soldiers who were sent to kill him. (Appian, App. BC 4.48.)
[Capito.]
[Flavus.]
a contemporary of the younger Pliny, wrote comedies and mimiiambi, which are much praised by Pliny. (Ep. 6.21.)
[Rufus.]
or Verginius, Lucius. The father of Virginia, whose tragic fate occasioned the downfall of the decemvirs, B.C. 449. See Virginia.