Gnaeus, also spelled Cnaeus, was a

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praenomen The ''praenomen'' (; plural: ''praenomina'') was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the ''dies lustricus'' (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the bi ...

derived from the Latin ''naevus'', a birthmark. It was a common name borne by many individuals throughout Roman history, including:

Individuals

Gnaeus Acerronius Proculus Gnaeus Acerronius Proculus was a consul of the Roman Empire in 37 AD, with Gaius Petronius Pontius Nigrinus as his colleague; that was the year Tiberius died. Proculus is possibly a descendant of the Cn. Acerronius whom Cicero mentions in his ora ...

, a consul of the Roman Empire in 37 AD *

Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus (born 31) was the maternal grandfather of the Emperor Antoninus Pius. Life A member of gens gens Arria, a family of consular rank, Antoninus was also an office holder, having been twice consul: the first time was in 69 wi ...

(born 31 AD), member of the ''Arrius'' family of consular rank *

Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes (died 1st century BC) was a Roman politician who was elected consul in 71 BC. Biography Originally born into the Orestes branch of the Plebeian gens Aurelia, Aufidius Orestes was adopted by the elderly Gnaeus Aufidius, a R ...

(died 1st-century BC), Roman politician who was elected consul in 71 BC *

Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (disambiguation) Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso may refer to: * Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (consul 23 BC) * Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (consul 7 BC) See also * * Calpurnius Piso (disambiguation) Calpurnius Piso may refer to: * Gaius Calpurnius Piso (disambiguation) * Gnaeus Cal ...

Gnaeus Claudius Severus (consul 167) Gnaeus Claudius Severus was a Roman senator and philosopher who lived in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century AD. Life Severus was the son of the senator and philosopher Gnaeus Claudius Severus Arabianus by an unnamed mother. Severus was of Po ...

, a Roman senator and philosopher who lived in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century *

Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus (born between 47 BC and 35 BC) was an ancient Roman politician and the son of suffect consul Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Pompeia Magna. His sister was Magna. His maternal grandparents were triumvir Pompey and Mucia T ...

(1st-century BC–1st-century AD), son of suffect consul Lucius Cornelius Cinna *

Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella was a consul of the Roman Republic in 81 BC, with Marcus Tullius Decula, during the dictatorship of Sulla. Biography Possibly a military tribune in 89 BC, Dolabella soon was attached to the staff of Sulla as a legate, h ...

, a consul of the Roman Republic in 81 BC, with Marcus Tullius Decula *

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina (lived 3rd century BC) was a Roman general and statesman involved in the First Punic War. Scipio Asina belonged to the patrician family of the Cornelii Scipiones. He was son of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus and ...

, a Roman politician involved in the First Punic War *

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (died 211 BC) was a Roman general and statesman during the third century BC. He played a major part in the Second Punic War establishing Roman Rule in the east of the Iberian Peninsula and tying up several Carthagini ...

(3rd-century–211 BC), Roman general and statesman *

Gnaeus Domitius Afer Gnaeus Domitius Afer (died 59) was a Roman orator and advocate, born at Nemausus ( Nîmes) in Gallia Narbonensis. He flourished in the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. He was suffect consul in the '' nundinium'' of September ...

(died 59), a Roman orator and advocate *

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC) Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (died 31 BC) was a general and politician of ancient Rome in the 1st century BC. Life During Caesar's civil war, Ahenobarbus was captured with his father, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, at Corfinium in 49 BC, and was ...

(died 31 BC), general of the 1st century BC *

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32) Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (11 December ca. 2 BC – January AD 41) was a member of the imperial Julio-Claudian dynasty of Ancient Rome. Domitius was the son of Antonia Major (daughter of Emperor Augustus' sister Octavia Minor and her second hus ...

(17 BC–40 AD), relative of emperors of the 1st century AD *

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (disambiguation) Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was the name of several Roman politicians: *Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 192 BC). *Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 162 BC), son of the previous. *Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 122 BC), son of the previou ...

, other individuals belonging to the Domitii Ahenobarbi *

Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (Peltuinum c. AD 7 – 67) was a popular Roman general, brother-in-law of the emperor Caligula and father-in-law of Domitian. The emperor Nero, highly fearful of Corbulo's reputation, ordered him to commit suicide, which ...

(7–67 AD), general of the 1st century AD *

Gnaeus Egnatius Gnaeus Egnatius (fl. second century BC) was a Roman senator who gave his name to the Via Egnatia. Biography Gnaeus Egnatius, the son of Gaius Egnatius, was a plebeian and a member of the tribe Stellatina. A member of the Roman Senate, he first tu ...

(fl. second century BC), builder of Via Egnatia *

Gnaeus Gellius Gnaeus Gellius ( half of 2nd centuryBC) was a Roman historian. Very little is known about his life and work, which has only survived in scattered fragments. He continued the historical tradition set by Fabius Pictor of writing a year-by-year histo ...

(2nd century BC), the author of a history of Rome from the earliest epoch *

Gnaeus Julius Agricola Gnaeus Julius Agricola (; 13 June 40 – 23 August 93) was a Roman general and politician responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. Born to a political family of senatorial rank, Agricola began his military career as a military tribun ...

(40–93 AD), Gallo-Roman general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain *

Gnaeus Julius Verus Gnaeus Julius Verus was Roman senator and general of the mid-2nd century AD. He was suffect consul, and governed several important imperial provinces: Germania Inferior, Britain, and Syria. Life Verus came from Aequum in Dalmatia; this has led ...

, Roman general and senator of the mid-2nd century AD, eventually becoming governor of Britain * Gnaeus Lucretius, a Roman moneyer who minted denarii in Rome c. 136 BCE *

Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Gnaeus Mallius Maximus was a Roman politician and general. A ''novus homo'' ("new man"), Mallius was elected to the consulship of the Roman Republic in 105 BC. He was sent as consul to the province of Transalpine Gaul to stop the migration of the C ...

, a Roman politician and general, consul in 105 BC *

Gnaeus Manlius The gens Manlia () was one of the oldest and noblest Patrician (ancient Rome), patrician houses at Ancient Rome, Rome, from the earliest days of the Roman Republic, Republic until imperial times. The first of the gens to obtain the Roman consul, ...

, a Roman Praetor who was involved in the Third Servile War with Gnaeus Tremellius Scrofa *

Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus was the first of the patrician ''gens Manlia'' to obtain the consulship, which he held in 480 BC, together with Marcus Fabius Vibulanus. His father's name was Publius. That year, Rome was rent by internal dissension ...

(died 5th-century BC), first of the patrician ''gens Manlia'' to obtain the consulship *

Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 189 BC) Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (fl. 189 BC) was a Roman consul for the year 189 BC, together with Marcus Fulvius Nobilior. He led a victorious campaign against the Galatian Gauls of Asia Minor in 189 BC during the Galatian War. He was awarded a triumph in 1 ...

, a Roman consul for the year 189 BC, together with Marcus Fulvius Nobilior *

Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus Gnaeus (or Gaius) Marcius Coriolanus was a Roman general who is said to have lived in the 5th century BC. He received his toponymic cognomen "Coriolanus" following his courageous actions during a Roman siege of the Volscian city of Corioli. He was ...

(fl. 5th century BC), Roman general *

Gnaeus Naevius Gnaeus Naevius (; c. 270 – c. 201 BC) 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 Metellus family, one of whom was consul. A ...

(264–201 BC), Roman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period *

Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC) Gnaeus Octavius (died 87 BC) was a Roman senator who was elected consul of the Roman Republic in 87 BC alongside Lucius Cornelius Cinna. He died during the chaos that accompanied the capture of Rome by Cinna and Gaius Marius. Early career Gnaeus O ...

(died 87 BC), Roman senator elected consul of the Roman Republic in 87 BC alongside Lucius Cornelius Cinna *

Gnaeus Papirius Aelianus Gnaeus Papirius Aelianus Aemilius Tuscillus was a Roman senator, who was active during the reign of Antoninus Pius. He was suffect consul in the ''nundinium'' of September-December 135 as the colleague of Publius Rutilius Fabianus, as attested by ...

, a governor of Roman Britain between 145 and 147 *

Gnaeus Papirius Carbo Gnaeus Papirius Carbo (c. 129 – 82 BC) was thrice consul of the Roman Republic in 85, 84, and 82 BC. He was the head of the Marianists after the death of Cinna in 84 and led the resistance to Sulla during the civil war. He was proscribed by Su ...

(c. 130–82 BC), three-time consul of ancient Rome *

Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey the Great) Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (ca. 75 BC – 12 April 45 BC) was a Roman politician and general from the late Republic (1st century BC). Biography Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was the elder son of Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) by his third wife, ...

(75–45 BC), Roman politician and general from the late Republic (1st century BC) *

Gnaeus Pompeius Longinus Gnaeus Pompeius Longinus (died 105) was a Roman senator and general. He was the 5th legate of Judaea from 85 to 89 and held the suffect consulship in the '' nundinium'' of September–October 90 as the colleague of Lucius Albius Pullaienus Pollio ...

(died AD 105), Legate of the Judaea in the time of Domitian. *

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a leading Roman general and statesman. He played a significant role in the transformation of ...

, or Pompey the Great, (106–48 BC), military and political leader of the late Roman Republic, consul three times *

Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo (c. 135 – 87 BC) was a Roman general and politician, who served as Roman Consul, consul in 89 BC. He is often referred to in English as Pompey Strabo, to distinguish him from his son, the famous Pompey the Great, or from ...

(135 BC - 87 BC), Roman senator, promagistrate in Sicily, and consul *

Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus also anglicized as was a Gallo-Roman historian from the Celtic Vocontii tribe in Narbonese Gaul who lived during the reign of the emperor Augustus. He was nearly contemporary with Livy. Life Pompeius Trogus's grandfat ...

, 1st-century BC Roman historian of the Celtic tribe of the Vocontii in Gallia Narbonensis * Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus, the name of two Roman senators, father and son * Gnaeus Servilius Caepio (consul 203 BC), a Roman statesman who served as Roman consul in 203 BC *

Gnaeus Servilius Geminus Gnaeus Servilius Geminus (died August 2, 216 BC) was a Roman consul, serving as both general and admiral of Roman forces, during the Second Punic War. The son of Publius Servilius Geminus, Gnaeus Geminus was elected as consul in early 217 BC. By M ...

(3rd-century–216 BC), Roman consul during the Second Punic War