Gaius Aufidius Victorinus

Gaius Aufidius Victorinus was a Roman senator and general of the second century. He was twice consul.

Victorinus came from Pisaurum in Umbria. He was a student of Marcus Cornelius Fronto with Marcus Aurelius, and later married Fronto's daughter Gratia.

In 155 Victorinus became suffect consul, then from c. 162 to c. 166 he was governor of Germania superior, where he was commissioned to repulse the invading Chatti. After defeating the Chatti, Victorinus became governor of Dacia (168/9), then Hispania Baetica (probably 170/1) and Hispania Citerior (171-172). Victorinus then held the Proconsulate of Africa (c. 173/5) and between 177 and 179 was governor of Syria. After serving as Urban prefect (probably from 179 to 183) Victorinus 183 was consul again with Commodus as his colleague.

At the death of Marcus Aurelius and the beginning of Commodus' tenure, Victorinus was still in high esteem, but Cassius Dio suggests that Commodus, probably at the instigation of the powerful Praetorian prefect Sextus Tigidius Perennis, sought to kill Victorinus.

Victorinus' known sons include Marcus Aufidius Fronto (consul ordinarius 199) and Gaius Aufidius Victorinus (consul ordinarius 200).