Egnatuleia gens

Roman family

The gens Egnatuleia was a plebeian family at ancient 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 in 97 BC. He struck a quinarius bearing the head of Apollo on the obverse, and Victoria with a trophy on the reverse.[2][3]
  • 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.[4]
  • Egnatuleius Crescens, legate of Numidia under Magnentius.[5][6]
  • (? Egn)atuleius Herculius, praefectus annonae under Magnus Maximus.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
  2. ^ Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum Veterum v. p. 205.
  3. ^ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 332, no. 333.
  4. ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philippicae iii. 3, 15, iv. 2, v. 19.
  5. ^ AE 1933, 105
  6. ^ PLRE, vol. 1, p. 230.
  7. ^ CIL XIV, 4410, CIL XIV, 4412
  8. ^ PLRE, vol. 1, p. 420.

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