2. M.PlautiusSilvanus, M. F. A. N., was consul B. C. 2. He afterwards served with great distinction under Tiberius in the Pannonian and Illyrican wars, and obtained in consequence, as we learn from an inscription, the triumphal ornaments (Vell. 2.112; D. C. 55.34, 56.12 ; Gruter, p. 452. 6).