Antistia

1. Wife of Ap. Claudius, Cos. B. C. 143, and mother-in-law of Tib. Gracchus. (Plut. TG 4.)

2. Daughter of P. Antistius [Antistius, No. 6] and Calpurnia, was married to Pompeius Magnus in B. C. 86, who contracted the connexion that he might obtain a favourable judgment from Antistius, who presided in the court in which Pompeius was to be tried. Antistia was divorced by her husband in B. C. 82 by Sulla's order, who made him marry his step-daughter Aemilia. (Plut. Pomp. 4, 9.)

on coins and inscriptions usually Ante'stia, plebeian. (Liv. 6.30.) In the earlier ages of the republic, none of the members of the gens appear with any surname, and even in later times they are sometimes mentioned without one. The surnames under the republic are Labeo, Reginus, and Vetus : those who had no surname are given under ANTISTIUS. No persons of this name are of great historical importance.