Marcus Egnatius Marcellinus was a

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 ...

of Imperial Rome.

Life

He was consul suffectus in the ''

nundinium Nundinium was a Latin word derived from the word ''nundinum'', which referred to the cycle of days observed by the Romans. During the Roman Empire, ''nundinium'' came to mean the duration of a single consulship among several in a calendar year. S ...

'' of April to June 116 as the colleague of Tiberius Julius Secundus. Werner Eck, "Konsuln des Jahres 117 in Militärdiplomen Traians mit Tribunicia Potestas XX", '' Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'', 185 (2013), pp. 235–238 Marcellinus is the earliest member of the Egnatii to have achieved the rank of consul. This ''

gens In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same Roman naming conventions#Nomen, nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a ''stirps'' (p ...

'' was of Samnite origin, and their ancestral city was Teanum. His relatives are thought to include

Marcus Egnatius Postumus This is a list of consuls known to have held office, from the beginning of the Roman Republic to the latest use of the title in Imperial times, together with those magistrates of the Republic who were appointed in place of consuls, or who superse ...

and

Aulus Egnatius Priscillianus Aulus Egnatius Priscillianus (c. 135 - 1??) was a Roman philosopher. Family He married and had Lucius Egnatius Victor, Quintus Egnatius Proculus, and possibly, speculatively, also Aulus Egnatius Proculus, as sons. He is also thought to be related ...

References

2nd-century Romans Marcellinus, Marcus Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome {{AncientRome-politician-stub