Gnaeus
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Gnaeus or Cnaeus was a Roman
praenomen derived from Etruscan Cneve, of unknown meaning.
Some individuals named Gnaeus were:
Ancient Rome
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praenomen derived from Etruscan Cneve, of unknown meaning.
Some individuals named Gnaeus were:
- Gnaeus Calpurnius PisoGnaeus Calpurnius PisoGnaeus Calpurnius Piso , Roman statesman, was consul in 7 BC; subsequently, he was governor of Hispania and proconsul of Africa.In AD 17 Tiberius appointed him governor of Syria...
- Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna MagnusGnaeus Cornelius Cinna MagnusGnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus was the son of suffect consul Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Pompeia Magna. His sister was Cornelia Pompeia Magna....
- Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio AsinaGnaeus Cornelius Scipio AsinaGnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina was a Roman politician involved in the First Punic War.Scipio Asina was a patrician member of the Scipiones branch of the famous Cornelii, a family with a history as old as the Roman Republic itself. He was son of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus and brother of Lucius...
- Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio CalvusGnaeus Cornelius Scipio CalvusGnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman.His father was Lucius Cornelius Scipio, son of the patrician censor of 280, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus. His younger brother was Publius Cornelius Scipio, father of the most famous Scipio – Scipio Africanus...
- Gnaeus Domitius Afer
- Gnaeus Domitius AhenobarbusGnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC)Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was a general and politician of ancient Rome in the 1st century BC.-Life:Ahenobarbus was captured with his father, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, at Corfinium in 49 BC, and was present at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, but did not take any further part in the war...
, general of the 1st century BC - Gnaeus Domitius AhenobarbusGnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul AD 32)Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was a close relative of the five Roman Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Domitius was the only son of Antonia Major and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus...
, relative of emperors of the 1st century AD - Gnaeus Domitius CorbuloGnaeus Domitius CorbuloGnaeus Domitius Corbulo was a Roman general and a brother-in-law of the emperor Caligula.-Descent:Corbulo was born in Italy into a senatorial family...
, general of the 1st century AD - Gnaeus EgnatiusGnaeus EgnatiusGnaeus Egnatius was a proconsul during the Roman Republic. He built the eponymous Via Egnatia which was begun in 146 BC and completed in 120 BC....
, builder of Via EgnatiaVia EgnatiaThe Via Egnatia was a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. It crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thrace, running through territory that is now part of modern Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, and European Turkey.Starting at Dyrrachium on the... - Gnaeus Julius AgricolaGnaeus Julius AgricolaGnaeus Julius Agricola was a Roman general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. His biography, the De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae, was the first published work of his son-in-law, the historian Tacitus, and is the source for most of what is known about him.Born to a noted...
- Gnaeus Julius VerusGnaeus Julius VerusGnaeus Iulius Verus was Roman general and senator of the mid-2nd century AD, eventually becoming governor of Britain.Verus came from Aequum in Dalmatia, probably the son of Sextus Julius Severus , born in 112. He served as tribune in the legio X Fretensis when his father was governor of Judaea in...
- Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus
- Gnaeus NaeviusGnaeus NaeviusGnaeus Naevius was a Roman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period. He had a notable literary career at Rome until his satiric comments delivered in comedy angered the Metelli family, one of whom was consul. After a sojourn in prison he recanted and was set free by the tribunes...
- Gnaeus OctaviusGnaeus OctaviusGnaeus Octavius was a senator and later consul of the Roman Republic. His father, also called Gnaeus Octavius, was Consul in 128 BC.His uncle, Marcus Octavius, was a key figure in opposition to the reforms of Tiberius Gracchus in 133 BC...
- Gnaeus Papirius AelianusGnaeus Papirius AelianusGnaeus Papirius Aelianus was a governor of Roman Britain between 145 and 147.Little is known of him although he was probably in charge of the occupation of Lowland Scotland following its reconquest by Quintus Lollius Urbicus. This may have been peaceful as he was able to spare troops to take part...
- Gnaeus Papirius CarboGnaeus Papirius CarboGnaeus Papirius Carbo was a three-time consul of ancient Rome.A member of the Carbones of the plebeian gens Papiria, and nephew of Gaius Papirius Carbo , he was a strong supporter of the Marian party, and took part in the blockade of Rome...
- Gnaeus PompeiusGnaeus PompeiusGnaeus Pompeius should not be confused with his father, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known as "Pompey the Great."Gnaeus Pompeius , also known as Pompey the Younger , was a Roman politician and general from the late Republic .Gnaeus Pompeius was the elder son of Pompey the Great Gnaeus Pompeius should...
- Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
- Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo
- Gnaeus Pompeius TrogusGnaeus Pompeius TrogusGnaeus Pompēius Trōgus, known as Pompeius Trogus, Pompey Trogue, or Trogue Pompey, was a 1st century BC Roman historian of the Celtic tribe of the Vocontii in Gallia Narbonensis, flourished during the age of Augustus, nearly contemporary with Livy.His grandfather served in the war against Sertorius...