Gaius Sentius Saturninus was a

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

, and consul ''ordinarius'' for AD 4 as the colleague of Sextus Aelius Catus. He was the middle son of

Gaius Sentius Saturninus Gaius Sentius Saturninus (fl. late 1st century BC – 1st century AD) was a Roman senator and military officer who was appointed Roman consul in 19 BC. He served as the proconsular governor of Africa, and later as imperial governor of Syria. He t ...

, consul in 19 BC. During his consulate the ''

Lex Aelia Sentia ''Lex Aelia Sentia'' was a law established in ancient Rome in 4 AD. It was one of the laws that the Roman assemblies had to pass (after they were asked to do so by emperor Augustus). This law (as well as ''Lex Fufia Caninia''), has made limitations ...

'', concerning the manumission of slaves, was published. Saturninus, with his brothers

Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus was the name of two Roman senators, father and son. * The elder Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus was one of three sons of Gaius Sentius Saturninus, who was imperial legate to Syria from 9 to 6 BC. He was suffect consul in 4 AD, ...

, suffect consul in AD 4, and Lucius Sentius Saturninus, accompanied their father when he assumed the governorship of

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

in the years 9 through 7 BC, serving as his ''

legati A ''legatus'' (; anglicised as legate) was a high-ranking Roman military officer in the Roman Army, equivalent to a modern high-ranking general officer. Initially used to delegate power, the term became formalised under Augustus as the officer ...

'' or assistants. Ronald Syme, ''Augustan Aristocracy'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), p. 322 n. 74

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