Egnatuleia
The gens Egnatuleia was a plebeian family at Rome. The only member of the gens to achieve any of the higher offices of the state was Lucius Egnatuleius, quaestor in 44 BC.[1]
Members
- This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
- Gaius Egnatuleius, father of the triumvir monetalis.
- Gaius Egnatuleius C. f., triumvir monetalis, probably during the first century BC. He struck a quinarius bearing the head of Apollo on the obverse, and Victoria with a trophy on the reverse.[2]
- Lucius Egnatuleius, quaestor in 44 BC. He commanded the fourth legion, which deserted from Marcus Antonius to Octavian. As a reward for his conduct on this occasion, Cicero proposed in the senate that he should be allowed to hold public offices three years before the legal time.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
- ↑ Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum Veterum v. p. 205.
- ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philippicae iii. 3, 15, iv. 2, v. 19.
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