Gaius Junius Silanus (consul 17 BC)
Gaius Junius Silanus (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman Senator, who was consul in 17 BC as the colleague of Gaius Furnius.[1]
Biography
[edit]The son of an otherwise unknown Gaius Junius Silanus, it is speculated that Junius Silanus was related to Marcus Junius Silanus (perhaps his cousin).[2] Elected consul in 17 BC alongside Gaius Furnius, it has been postulated that he may have been a proconsular governor of Asia around 24/23 BC, but this has been challenged as highly unlikely.[3] He may have been the biological father of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus.[4] Nothing further is known about his career.
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Degrassi, Attilio (1952). I fasti consolari dell'Impero Romano dal 30 avanti Cristo al 613 dopo Cristo (in Italian). Roma: Edizioni di Storia e letteratura. OCLC 1149534770.
- Syme, Ronald (1986). The Augustan Aristocracy. Oxford : New York: Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-814859-3.
