Aulus Didius Gallus
Aulus Didius Gallus was a Roman senator and general in the 1st century AD.
Life
A very poorly preserved inscription in Olympia , which was probably attached to the base of a dedication donated by Didius Gallus, reproduces at least some of the offices that he held during his career; the addition of their gaps and thus some of his offices are controversial.
Didius Gallus was quaestor under Emperor Tiberius (probably AD 19). Before 36 AD he was the proconsul of Sicily and was a member of the college of Quindecimviri sacris faciundis . In 39 AD he was the suffect consulate . From AD 38 to 49 he was curator aquarum . A preserved inscription on a stone (cippus) testifies that he worked with two other curators, Titus Rubrius Nepos and Marcus Cornelius Firmus, on the Marcia , Tepula and Iulia water pipes .
When Emperor Claudius initiated the invasion of Britain in 43 AD, Didius Gallus accompanied him as a legate . He became governor of Moesia in 44/45 AD and in this capacity he intervened in the power struggle in the Bosporan Empire by deposition of King Mithridates and his brother Kotys I transferring the government. He probably received the triumphal ornaments as a reward for his successes in this intervention . As proconsul of Asia or Africa he officiated between 49 and 52 AD.
After the death of Publius Ostorius Scapula , Didius Gallus was appointed as his successor as governor of Britain in 52 AD . When he arrived in this country, the Wales-based Silurian tribe was in rebellion, although their leader Caratacus had been defeated and captured by Ostorius Scapula (51 AD). But Didius Gallus was able to put down the rebellion quickly.
In the throne dispute between the brigand queen Cartimandua and her husband Venutius , Didius Gallus intervened in favor of the former, first sending her some cohorts, then a legion under Caesius Nasica to help and was able to save the throne for the client queen. In general, the older Didius Gallus had wars carried out by his officers during his British governorship without participating himself. He limited himself - probably in agreement with Claudius - to secure the territory he had won in Britain and to act more defensively only against rebels. Instead, he built roads and fortresses on the borders to repel attacks from the still uncontrolled tribes. Quintus Veranius replaced him as governor of Britain in 57 AD.
According to Quintilian , Didius Gallus complained about the province now offered to him, after years of trying in vain to obtain governorship; but it is unclear whether it is Sicily or Britain. The speaker Gnaeus Domitius Afer said sarcastically to think about his country.
Aulus Didius Gallus Fabricius Veiento , who served as praetor under Emperor Nero and was consul three times under the Flavians , could be the son or grandson of Aulus Didius Gallus treated here.
literature
- Edmund Groag: Didius 6). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 410ff.
- Rudolf Hanslik : Didius II. 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, Col. 8.
Remarks
- ↑ a b CIL 3, 7247 ( Figure ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ).
- ↑ CIL 3, 7247 with partially uncertain time approaches.
- ^ Frontinus , de aquis 102
- ↑ CIL 6, 1248 .
- ↑ AE 1947, 76 ; AE 1949, 11 .
- ^ Tacitus , Annals 12, 15, 1.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annals 12, 40; further notes on this term of office: Tacitus, Annalen 14, 29; Agricola 14.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annals 12, 40
- ^ Tacitus, Agricola 14, 3.
- ↑ Institutio Oratoria 6, 3, 68.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Didius Gallus, Aulus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gallus, Aulus Didius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman senator and general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 57 |