Gnaeus, also spelled Cnaeus, was a Roman

praenomen The praenomen (; plural: praenomina) was a first name chosen by the parents of a Ancient Rome, Roman child. It was first bestowed on the ''dies lustricus'' (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the ...

derived from the Latin ''naevus'', a birthmark. It was a common name borne by many individuals throughout Roman history, including:

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* Gnaeus Acerronius Proculus, a consul of the Roman Empire in 37 AD * Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus (born 31 AD), member of the ''Arrius'' family of consular rank * Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes (died 1st-century BC), Roman politician who was elected consul in 71 BC * Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (disambiguation) * Gnaeus Claudius Severus (consul 167), a Roman senator and philosopher who lived in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century * Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus (1st-century BC–1st-century AD), son of suffect consul Lucius Cornelius Cinna * Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, a consul of the Roman Republic in 81 BC, with Marcus Tullius Decula * Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina, a Roman politician involved in the First Punic War * Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (3rd-century–211 BC), Roman general and statesman * Gnaeus Domitius Afer (died 59), a Roman orator and advocate * Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC) (died 31 BC), general of the 1st century BC * Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32) (17 BC–40 AD), relative of emperors of the 1st century AD * Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (disambiguation), other individuals belonging to the Domitii Ahenobarbi * Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (7–67 AD), general of the 1st century AD * Gnaeus Egnatius (fl. second century BC), builder of Via Egnatia * Gnaeus Gellius (2nd century BC), the author of a history of Rome from the earliest epoch * Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93 AD), Gallo-Roman general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain * Gnaeus Julius Verus, Roman general and senator of the mid-2nd century AD, eventually becoming governor of Britain * Gnaeus Lucretius, a Roman moneyer who minted denarii in Rome c. 136 BCE * Gnaeus Mallius Maximus, a Roman politician and general, consul in 105 BC * Gnaeus Manlius, a Roman Praetor who was involved in the Third Servile War with Gnaeus Tremellius Scrofa * Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus (died 5th-century BC), first of the patrician ''gens Manlia'' to obtain the consulship * Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 189 BC), a Roman consul for the year 189 BC, together with Marcus Fulvius Nobilior * Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus (fl. 5th century BC), Roman general *

Gnaeus Naevius Gnaeus Naevius (; c. 270 – c. 201 BC) was a Roman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period. He had a notable literary career at Rome until his satiric comments delivered in comedy angered the Metellus family, one of whom was consul. ...

(264–201 BC), Roman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period * Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC) (died 87 BC), Roman senator elected consul of the Roman Republic in 87 BC alongside Lucius Cornelius Cinna * Gnaeus Papirius Aelianus, a governor of Roman Britain between 145 and 147 * Gnaeus Papirius Carbo (c. 130–82 BC), three-time consul of ancient Rome *

Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey the Great) Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (ca. 75 BC – 12 April 45 BC) was a Roman politician and general from the late Republic (1st century BC). Biography Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was the elder son of Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) by his third wif ...

(75–45 BC), Roman politician and general from the late Republic (1st century BC) * Gnaeus Pompeius Longinus (died AD 105), Legate of the Judaea in the time of Domitian. *

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey ( ) or Pompey the Great, was a Roman people, Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Rom ...

, or Pompey the Great, (106–48 BC), military and political leader of the late Roman Republic, consul three times * Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo (135 BC - 87 BC), Roman senator, promagistrate in Sicily, and consul *

Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus also anglicized as was a Gallo-Roman historian from the Celtic Vocontii tribe in Narbonese Gaul who lived during the reign of the emperor Augustus. He was nearly contemporary with Livy. Life Pompeius Trogus's grandfa ...

, 1st-century BC Roman historian of the Celtic tribe of the Vocontii in Gallia Narbonensis * Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus, the name of two Roman senators, father and son * Gnaeus Servilius Caepio (consul 203 BC), a Roman statesman who served as Roman consul in 203 BC * Gnaeus Servilius Geminus (3rd-century–216 BC), Roman consul during the Second Punic War

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