Geminius

Geminius was the name of a little prominent Roman family, which is also attested in inscriptions in the name variant Gemenius .

More important representatives:

• Geminius (follower of Pompey) killed 77 BC. On the orders of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, the democratically minded tribunes of 83 BC. BC, Marcus Junius Brutus
• Geminius (follower of Antonius) , follower of the triumvir Marcus Antonius , tried 32 BC. Unsuccessful to achieve that Antony sent Cleopatra away
• Geminius (knight) , Roman knight, executed for alleged conspiracy against Emperor Tiberius , more likely because of friendship with Seian in 32 AD
• Geminius Chrestus , 219/221 Prefect of Egypt, later Praetorian Prefect, 224 killed
• Gaius Geminius Priscus , Roman officer (imperial era)

literature

• Hans Georg Gundel and Rudolf Hanslik : Geminius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 731.

Remarks

1. ↑ Plutarch , Pompey 2, 4 and 16, 3.
2. ↑ Plutarch, Antonius 59, 2ff.
3. ^ Tacitus , Annals 6, 14, 1.
4. ↑ Cassius Dio 80, 2, 2; among others