Gaius Coelius Caldus (Consul 94 BC)

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Gaius Coelius Caldus was a politician of the late Roman Republic .

He went through as the first of his family branch ( Homo novus ) the official career ( Cursus honorum ). 107 BC He was a tribune of the people ; as a tribune of the people he enforced the lex tabellaria ; afterwards the vote in high treason trials had to be done with voting tablets and not by show of hands. Probably 99 BC He was praetor and in this office (also in the following year as propaetor) governor of the province of Hispania citerior. 94 BC He became consul . In the following years (until about 87 BC) he was probably governor of the two Gallic provinces.

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SURNAME Coelius Caldus, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caldus, Gaius Coelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician, consul 94 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH before 136 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 87 BC Chr.