Decimus Terentius Gentianus

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Decimus Terentius Gentianus (* approx. 89/90) was a Roman politician and senator in the 2nd century AD.

Gentianus probably came from the Narbonensis and was the son of Decimus Terentius Scaurianus . In 116 Gentianus became a suffect consul . From 117 to 119 Gentianus was then proconsul of the province of Macedonia . His title is given as censor and cens (itor) , but he may also have been governor of the province. Gentian fell out of favor under Emperor Hadrian .

literature

  • Werner Eck : Senators from Vespasian to Hadrian. Prosopographical investigations including the annual and provincial fasts of the governors . CH Beck, Munich 1970, ISBN 3-406-03096-3 , p. 184 ff . (At the same time dissertation, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 1971, and Vestigia , Volume 13).

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Remarks

  1. ↑ CIL 14, 244 .
  2. ^ Hermann Dessau , Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 1046a.
  3. ^ Dessau, Inscriptiones latinae selectae 1046.
personal data
SURNAME Terentius Gentianus, Decimus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gentianus, Decimus Terentius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION roman consul suffect 116
DATE OF BIRTH at 89
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century