Gaius Cestius Gallus (suffect consul 42)
Gaius Cestius Gallus († 67 in Syria ) from the plebeian gens Cestia was a Roman senator of the 1st century AD.
The son of the consul of the same name was a suffect consul in 42 AD. From the year 63 he was governor ( legatus Augusti pro praetore) of the province of Syria , initially without command of the troops stationed there, which remained under Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo .
In 66 Cestius Gallus tried to forcibly end the confrontation in Iudaea with the legions he had received in the meantime , where the procurator Gessius Florus had come into conflict with the Jewish population, from which the Jewish War developed. However, Cestius Gallus was forced to break off the siege of Jerusalem and suffered great losses in his retreat.
The following year he died in his province; his successor as governor was Gaius Licinius Mucianus , while the later emperor Vespasian was in command of the suppression of the Jewish uprising.
literature
- Edmund Groag : Cestius 9 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Sp. 2005-2007.
- Rudolf Hanslik : Cestius II. 4. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 1118.
- Meret Strothmann : Cestius [II 3]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 1078.
Remarks
- ↑ CIL 6, 2015 .
- ↑ Tacitus , Annals 15, 25, 3 .
- ↑ Flavius Josephus , Jüdischer Krieg 2, 499–555.
- ↑ Tacitus, Historien 5, 10 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cestius Gallus, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gallus, Gaius Cestius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 67 |
| Place of death | Syria |