experts date to c. 107. Family Literary references to other members of his family, the Avidii, indicates they had their origins in Faventia (modern Faenza, Italy), located on the Via Aemilia. Quietus had a son of the same name. The younger Avidius Quietus was suffect consul in 111, and later Proconsul of Asia. The nephew of the older Quietus, Gaius Avidius Nigrinus, consul in 110, was put to death at Faventia in 118 on charges of conspiring against Hadrian. However Nigrinus' daughter, Avidia, married the man Hadrian later was to adopt and make his successor, Lucius Ceionius Commodus. References Further reading C. Konrad, Plutarch's Sertorius: A Historical Commentary. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994 Alan K. Bowman, Peter Garnsey, Dominic Rathbone, Cambridge ancient history, Volume 11 second edition. 2000 Anthony R. Birley, The Roman Government of Britain, 2005 http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2310.html 1st-century Romans 2nd-century Romans Roman governors of Achaia Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome Roman governors of Britain Quietus, Titus Year of birth missing Year of death uncertain