Aurius

the name of a family at Larinum, frequently mentioned in Cicero's oration for Cluentius.

1. M. Aurius, the son of Dinaea, was taken prisoner at Asculum in the Italian war. He fell into the hands of Q. Sergius, who confined him in his ergastulum, where he was murdered by an emissary of Oppianicus, his brother-in-law. (cc. 7, 8.)

2. Num. Aurius, also the son of Dinaea, died before his brother, M. Aurius. (100.7.)

3. A. Aurius Melinus, a relation of the two preceding, threatened to prosecute Oppianicus, on account of the murder of M. Aurius. Oppianicus thereupon fled from Larinum, but was restored by Sulla, and obtained the proscription and death of M. Aurius Melinus and his son, Caius. (100.8.) Melinus had married Cluentia, the daughter of Sassia; but as his mother-in-law fell in love with him, he divorced Cluentia and married Sassia. (cc. 5, 9, 26.)

4. Auria, the wife of the brother of Oppianicus, was killed by the latter. (100.11.)