Decimus Terentius Gentianus was a Roman senator of the 2nd century AD who held a number of offices in the imperial service, serving as suffect consul in 116 with Lucius Co[...] as his colleague.
[3] There is evidence that he may have traveled to Roman Egypt: in the 14th century was seen the first six lines of a poem inscribed on one of the Pyramids of Giza, addressed to "a most sweet brother" named "Decimus Gentianus".
Vidi pyramidas sine te, dulcissime frater, et tibi, quod potui, lacrimas hic maesta profudi, et nostri memorem luctus hanc sculpo querelam.
Si
[9] The inscription reveals detailed information on the career of Gentianus: The city (honours) Decimus Terentius Gentianus Gnaeus Minicius Faustinus, son of Decimus, of the Quirina tribe – one of the four men in charge of street maintenance; tribune of the legions Eleventh Claudian Dutiful and Loyal, Eighth Augustan, and First Minervian Dutiful and Loyal, awarded with military decorations by Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus during the second Dacian campaign: two crowns, two spears and banner; quaestor of the emperor, in charge of recruitment in the province of Africa; plebeian tribune; praetor; legate of the legions Second Trajanic Brave and Second Assistant Dutiful and Loyal, awarded with military decorations by Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus for the Parthian campaign: four crowns, four spears, four banners; consul; pontifex; curator of public buildings; censor of the province of Macedonia.