Lucius Cossonius Gallus
Lucius Cossonius Gallus was a Roman politician and senator .
Gallus' full name is Lucius Cossonius Gallus Vecilius Crispinus Mansuanius Marcellinus Numisius Sabinus . He served as a tribune in the legio XXI Rapax . Since it is generally believed that it was destroyed on the Danube in 92, he could have been with the Legion by then at the latest. Before 100 Gallus triumvir capitalis (head of the prisons), then he became a legate in the province of Asia . At 111 Gallus was proconsul of Sardinia . A military diploma dated August 16, 117, proves that he was 117 suffect consul with Publius Afranius Flavianus . Before that, Gallus was governor ( legatus Augusti propraetore ) of Galatia and Pisidia from about 113 to 115 , after the consulate he was governor ( legatus Augusti propraetore ) of Judea from about 118 to 120 . He is the first known consular governor of the Province of Iudaea.
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literature
- Werner Eck : Senators from Vespasian to Hadrian. Prosopographical examinations including the annual and Provincial fast of the governors ( Vestigia , vol. 13). Beck, Munich 1970, pp. 41, 46f, 178, 180, 184ff, ISBN 3-406-03096-3 .
- Edmund Groag : Cossonius 3a . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplement VI, Stuttgart 1935, Col. 25.
- John J. Wilkes , Paul Holder: Roman Military Diplomas . Volume IV, Institute of Classical Studies, London 2003, ISBN 0-900587-93-8 .
Remarks
- ↑ AE 2003, 1801 , AE 1888, 90
- ^ Military diploma of the year 117 ( ZPE-185-236 ).
- ↑ Werner Eck : Consuls of the year 117 in Traian's military diplomas with tribunicia potestas XX In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 185 (2013), pp. 235-238, here pp. 236, 238 ( online ).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cossonius Gallus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gallus, Lucius Cossonius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman consul suffect 116 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |