Decimus Junius Silanus

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Decimus (Junius) Silanus may refer to:

  • Decimus Silanus (fl. 146 BC), who lived in the 2nd century BC, and was an expert in Punic language and literature. He translated an agricultural manual in Punic by the Carthaginian author Mago into Latin at the request of the Senate.
  • Decimus Junius Silanus (Consul 62 BC), second husband of Servilia Caepionis, who had three daughters by her. One of them married the triumvir Lepidus, another (possibly fathered by Caesar) married Caesar's assassin Cassius. Silanus divorced his wife for adultery with Caesar, as revealed accidentally by her half-brother Cato.