Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus

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• The elder Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus was one of three sons of Gaius Sentius Saturninus the elder, who was imperial legate to Syria in 9
  9 BC
  
  Year 9 BC was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar....
  -6 BC. He was suffect consul
  Consul
  
  Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
   when his older brother, Gaius Sentius Saturninus the younger, was consul ordinarius in 4
  4
  
  Year 4 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar....
   AD. In 19
  19
  
  Year 19 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar....
   AD he replaced Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
  Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
  
  Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso , Roman statesman, was consul in 7 BC; subsequently, he was governor of Hispania and proconsul of North Africa during the Classical Period....
   as governor of Syria and compelled him to return to Rome to stand trial for the death of Germanicus Caesar.

• The younger Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus was consul in 41
  41
  
  Year 41 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar....
   alongside the emperor Caligula
  Caligula
  
  Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
  . When Caligula was murdered that same year he made a speech in the Senate welcoming the return of liberty and urging his fellow senators to preserve it. His ring, which bore Caligula's image, was removed and broken by a fellow senator, Trebellius Maximus. Claudius
  Claudius
  
  Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
   had already been named as the new emperor, but Sentius and another senator, Pomponius Secundus
  Pomponius Secundus
  
  Publius Pomponius Secundus was a Roman general and tragic poet who lived during the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius....
  , were prepared to oppose him, by force if necessary, to restore senatorial rule. The army, for their part, supported Claudius and were prepared to use force against the Senate, but Claudius met the rebellious senators and won them over. Eutropius
  Eutropius
  
  IntroductionNot much is known about the early life of Eutropius because there are no written texts that document his life. Eutropius should not be confused with Eutropius of Valencia or Saint Eutropius....
   named Sentius as one of the commanders involved in the Roman conquest of Britain
  Roman conquest of Britain
  
  By AD 43, the time of the main Roman invasion of Britain, Great Britain had already frequently been the target of invasions, planned and actual, by forces of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire....
   two years later.

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