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Decimus Junius Silanus
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.
- Decimus Junius Silanus (living 1st century AD), the senator who had an affair with Vipsania Julia
- Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus (died 64), consul in 53, who was son of Aemilia Lepida and was descended from Augustus
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