Gaius Petronius 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 lette ...
senator, who was active during the
Principate
The Principate is the name sometimes given to the first period of the Roman Empire from the beginning of the reign of Augustus in 27 BC to the end of the Crisis of the Third Century in AD 284, after which it evolved into the so-called Dominate.
...
. He was
suffect consul from September through December AD 25, succeeding
Cossus Cornelius Lentulus.
Bartolomeo Borghesi
Bartolomeo (also Bartolommeo) Borghesi (11 July 178116 April 1860) was an Italian antiquarian who was a key figure in establishing the science of numismatics.
He was born at Savignano, near Rimini, and studied at Bologna and Rome. Having weaken ...
has argued that Gaius Petronius is the same person as Gaius Petronius Umbrinus, who is mentioned in an inscription from Rome as ''curator locorum publicorum iudicandorum''.
Petronius was grandson of Publius Petronius Turpilianus, one of the ''
tresviri monetalis'', and probably grandson of Publius Petronius, prefect of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
.
Publius Petronius, suffect consul in 19, was probably his older brother.
[Rudolf Hanslik, "Petronius 22", '' Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft'' (Stuttgart, 1937) Vol. 19,1, Col. 1199]
References
1st-century Romans
Gaius (consul 778 AUC)
Petronius, Gaius (778 AUC)
{{AncientRome-politician-stub