Lucius Caninius Gallus (Consul 37 BC)
Lucius Caninius Gallus was a Roman senator of the late republic .
Caninius Gallus came from the plebeian family of the Caninii , who lived in the 2nd century BC. In the Senate. His father of the same name was a tribune in 56 BC. And known to Cicero . Caninius Gallus was born in 37 BC. Chr. Consul , with Marcus Agrippa Vipsanius , a confidant of the triumvir Octavian, later Augustus . Nothing is known about his other career.
The suffect consul of the same name of the year 2 BC BC was probably his son or grandson.
literature
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR), 2nd edition, C 389.
- Friedrich Münzer : Caninius 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 1477.
Remarks
- ↑ Cassius Dio 48.49.4 and 49.23.5 .
- ^ Son: PIR² C 390. Grandchildren: Ronald Syme : The Augustan aristocracy. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1986, ISBN 0-19-814859-3 , p. 88 with note 44.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caninius Gallus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gallus, Lucius Caninius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 37 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 37 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 37 BC Chr. |