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Lucius Ennius was a Roman Eques〔Levick, ''Tiberius: The Politician'', p.p.137&230〕〔Tacitus, ''Annals'', Book III, 70〕 that lived in the second half of the 1st century BC and first half of the 1st century. Little is known on the origins of Ennius, however he may have been originally from the Roman province of Creta et Cyrenaica. Ennius was a member of the gens, Ennia, hence was a relative of Quintus Ennius, a Poet that lived during the Roman Republic and Manius Ennius a Roman Soldier, that served with Germanicus in 14 on the Rhine River. In 22 Ennius was accused of treason by the Roman Senate, for having converted a statue of the Roman emperor Tiberius to the common use of silver plate.〔Tacitus, ''Annals'', Book III, 70〕 However Tiberius, forbade Ennius for his matter to be put on trial〔Tacitus, ''Annals'', Book III, 70〕 and saved him from prosecution,〔Levick, ''Tiberius: The Politician'', p.230〕 although the Roman Senate didn’t approve of the actions of the emperor.〔Tacitus, ''Annals'', Book III, 70〕 After this moment, no more is known on Ennius. At an unknown date sometime in the early 1st century, Ennius married a Roman noblewoman from Alexandria, in the Roman Province of Egypt who was of Greek, Armenian and Median descent. His wife was the unnamed daughter of Thrasyllus of Mendes and his wife, Aka II of Commagene.〔Levick, ''Tiberius: The Politician'', p.p.137&230〕〔Genealogy of daughter of Tiberius Claudius Thrasyllus & Aka II of Commagene at rootsweb〕 Thrasyllus was an Egyptian Greek Grammarian, Literary Commentator who served as the astrologer and became the personal friend of the Roman emperor Tiberius,〔Holden, ''A History of Horoscopic Astrology'', p.26〕 who reigned from 14 until 37, while Aka II was a Princess from the Kingdom of Commagene.〔Beck, ''Beck on Mithraism: Collected Works With New Essays'', p.42-3〕 His brother-in-law was Tiberius Claudius Balbilus.〔Royal genealogy of Aka II of Commagene at rootsweb〕 Ennius had with his wife, a daughter called Ennia Thrasylla〔Levick, ''Tiberius: The Politician'', p.p.137&230〕〔Genealogy of daughter of Tiberius Claudius Thrasyllus & Aka II of Commagene at rootsweb〕 who married the Praetorian prefect of the Praetorian Guard, Naevius Sutorius Macro. Ennius with his wife, may also had a son called Lucius Ennius who was the father of Lucius Ennius Ferox, a Roman Soldier who served during the reign of the Roman emperor Vespasian〔Coleman-Norton, ''Ancient Roman Statutes'', p.151-2〕 from 69 until 79. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lucius Ennius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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