Marcus Egnatius Marcellinus was a
senator of Imperial Rome.
Life
He was
consul suffectus
A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...
in the ''
nundinium'' of April to June 116 as the colleague of
Tiberius Julius Secundus.
Werner Eck
Werner Eck (born 17 December 1939) is Professor of Ancient History at Cologne University, Germany, and a noted expert on the history and epigraphy of imperial Rome.Eck, W. (2007) ''The Age of Augustus''. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, cover notes. Hi ...
, "Konsuln des Jahres 117 in Militärdiplomen Traians mit Tribunicia Potestas XX", ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik
The ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'' (commonly abbreviated ZPE; "Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy") is a peer-reviewed academic journal which contains articles that pertain to papyrology and epigraphy. It has been described as " ...
'', 185 (2013), pp. 235–238
Marcellinus is the earliest member of the
Egnatii to have achieved the rank of consul. This ''
gens'' was of
Samnite origin, and their ancestral city was
Teanum. His relatives are thought to include
Marcus Egnatius Postumus and
Aulus Egnatius Priscillianus.
References
2nd-century Romans
Marcellinus, Marcus
Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome
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