Plator
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Plator the Illyrian
was brother to Gentius
and it is assumed that he was killed because he wanted to marry Etuta
in 169 BC. She was the daughter of Monunius
and was married to Gentius
himself.
The personal name Plator was very common among Illyrians, attested among the southern Illyrians, Delmatae, and Pannoni; sometimes in lands north of the Delmatae it was also spelled Pletor. The name is also found in derivatives such as Platino and Platoris. Among the Liburnians
the name is found as Plaetor; among the Veneti
as Plaetorius. The gens
name Plaetorius
is also found among the Romans, and a Gaius Plaetorius was one of the three ambassadors
sent to King Gentius on behalf of Rome's allies.
Illyrians
The Illyrians were a group of tribes who inhabited part of the western Balkans in antiquity and the south-eastern coasts of the Italian peninsula...
was brother to Gentius
Gentius
Gentius was the last Illyrian king of the Ardiaean State. The name appears to derive from PIE *g'en- "to beget", cognate to Latin gens, gentis "kin, clan, race". He was the son of Pleuratus III, a king who kept relations with Rome very strong...
and it is assumed that he was killed because he wanted to marry Etuta
Etuta
Etuta was an Illyrian queen of the Ardiaean Kingdom. Etuta was a Dardanian princess of the Dardanian State and father of Monunius of Dardania. Etuta married Gentius in 169 BC....
in 169 BC. She was the daughter of Monunius
Monunius of Dardania
Monunius was an Illyrian king of the Dardanian State who lived in the late 3rd century BC and early 2nd century BC. Monunius attested first in 176 BC was the son of Longarus, a Dardanian king who caused much trouble to Macedonia from 230 BC onwards. He succeeded his brother Bato to the Dardanian...
and was married to Gentius
Gentius
Gentius was the last Illyrian king of the Ardiaean State. The name appears to derive from PIE *g'en- "to beget", cognate to Latin gens, gentis "kin, clan, race". He was the son of Pleuratus III, a king who kept relations with Rome very strong...
himself.
The personal name Plator was very common among Illyrians, attested among the southern Illyrians, Delmatae, and Pannoni; sometimes in lands north of the Delmatae it was also spelled Pletor. The name is also found in derivatives such as Platino and Platoris. Among the Liburnians
Liburnians
The Liburnians were an ancient Illyrian tribe inhabiting the district called Liburnia, a coastal region of the northeastern Adriatic between the rivers Arsia and Titius in what is now Croatia....
the name is found as Plaetor; among the Veneti
Adriatic Veneti
The Veneti were an ancient people who inhabited north-eastern Italy, in an area corresponding to the modern-day region of the Veneto....
as Plaetorius. The gens
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
name Plaetorius
Plaetoria (gens)
Plaetorius was the family name of a plebeian gens in ancient Rome.-Roman Republic:Plaetorii are noted as holding office during the Republic from the 2nd century BC through the civil wars of the 40s BC...
is also found among the Romans, and a Gaius Plaetorius was one of the three ambassadors
Legatus
A legatus was a general in the Roman army, equivalent to a modern general officer. Being of senatorial rank, his immediate superior was the dux, and he outranked all military tribunes...
sent to King Gentius on behalf of Rome's allies.