Gnaeus Egnatius
Gnaeus Egnatius was a politician of the Roman Republic in the 2nd century BC. Chr.
Life
Gnaeus Egnatius was the son of an unknown Gaius Egnatius. He was in the mid-140s BC BC Praetor and proconsul of the province of Macedonia, which has just been incorporated into the Roman Empire . Egnatius built the Via Egnatia named after him , a road that connected the Bosphorus with the Adriatic coast and was 535 miles long in total. His name appears on several milestones . In addition, Egnatius is mentioned in a resolution of the Senate at about the same time.
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Egnatius [I 2]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , Sp.?.
- T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Volume 3: Supplement (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 3). Scholars Press, Atlanta GA 1986, ISBN 0-89130-811-3 , p. 84.
Remarks
- ↑ AE 1976, 643 : CCLX / Cn (aeus) Egnati (us) C (ai) f (ilius) / proco (n) s (ul) // Γναῖος Ἐγνάτιος Γαίου / ἀνθύπατος Ῥωμαίων / σξʹ ( illustration ( page no longer available) , Search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ). The indicated distance (260 miles) was probably measured from Dyrrachium , see Supplementum epigraphicum Graecum 32, 1688. Another milestone: Supplementum epigraphicum Graecum 40, 543 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Egnatius, Gnaeus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |