Egnatuleia gens explained

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]
• 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]
• Egnatuleius Crescens, legate of Numidia under Magnentius.
• (? Egn)atuleius Herculius, praefectus annonae under Magnus Maximus.^[4]

See also

• List of Roman gentes

References

• Book: Crawford, Michael H. . Michael Crawford (historian)

. 2001 . Roman Republican Coinage I . Cambridge University Press . 1974 . 0-521-07492-4 . Michael Crawford (historian) . .

• PLRE –

Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
2. [Joseph Hilarius Eckhel]
3. [Cicero|Marcus Tullius Cicero]
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