Gaius Dillius Vocula

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Gaius Dillius Vocula († early 70s ) was a Roman senator . He was best known for his role as legionary legate during the Batavian Uprising .

Life

Vocula was probably a close relative of Gaius Dillius Aponianus and, like him, probably came from Corduba (today Córdoba ) in the province of Baetica in what is now southern Spain.

career

The cursus honorum Voculas is known from inscriptions on his tombstone found in Rome.

Inscription CIL 6,1402 translation
C (aio) Dillio A (uli) f (ilio) Ser (gia) Voculae / trib (uno) milit (um) leg (ionis) I IIIIviro viarum curandar (um) / q (uaestori) provinc (iae) Ponti et Bithiniae trib (uno) pl (ebis) pr (aetori) / leg (ato) in Germania leg (ionis) XXII Primigeniae / Helvia T (iti) f (ilia) Procula uxor fecit For Gaius Dillius Vocula, son of Aulus, from the Tribus Sergia, military tribune of Legio I , IIIIvir viarum curandarum , quaestor of the province of Bithynia et Pontus , tribune of the people , praetor , legate of Legio XXII Primigenia in Germania, his wife Helvia Procula, daughter of Titus.

During the turmoil of the Four Emperor's Year , Vocula was a legate of the Legio XXII Primigenia stationed in Mogontiacum and had de facto taken over the task of governor from Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus . During the Batavian revolt, Vocula was sent to Lower Germany as relief for the soldiers who were besieged in the Vetera legionary camp by Iulius Civilis troops . On the march to the Lower Rhine, Vocula suppressed a rebellion in the Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium and defeated the Army des Civilis.

At the beginning of 70 AD he was murdered by a deserter from the Legio I. The murder order came from Iulius Classicus , a Treverer in the Roman service, who took the side of the Civilis and after the elimination of Vocula seized power in the Neuss legionary camp .

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  1. ↑ CIL 6, 1402 .
personal data
SURNAME Dillius Vocula, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vocula, Gaius Dillius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman senator and legionary legate
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 70