Marcus Vergilius Gallus Lusius

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Marcus Vergilius Gallus Lusius (full name form Marcus Vergilius Marci filius Teretina Gallus Lusius ) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living around the birth of Christ . Individual stations of his career are known through an inscription dated to 14/37 AD. His career is shown in the inscription in ascending order.

The career of Gallus Lusius begins in the inscription with the rank of Primus Pilus in the Legio XI Claudia . Then he took over the management of the Cohors Ubiorum as prefect . He received the following military awards from Augustus and Tiberius : twice a Hasta pura and Coronae aureae . Subsequently he was first Praefectus fabrum for three years and then tribune of a Cohors prima . At the end of his career he took over the post of idiologist in the province of Aegyptus .

Gallus Lusius was inscribed in the Teretina tribe . He came from Venafrum , today's Venafro , where the inscription was found. In his hometown he was twice duovir and also pontiff . His daughter Lusia Marci filia Paullina was married to Sextus Vettulenus Cerialis , a senator.

literature

  • Ségolène Demougin: Prosopographie des Chevaliers Romains Julio-Claudiens (43 av. J.–C. - 70 ap. J.–C.) , Collection de l'École Francaise de Rome 153, 1992, ISSN  0223-5099 , ISBN 2- 7283-0248-7 ( online ).
  • Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les carrières procuratoriennes équestres sous le Haut-Empire Romain , Paris 1960, volume 1.

Remarks

  1. ↑ According to Hans-Georg Pflaum, Theodor Mommsen assumed that the Cohors would be the Cohors I Praetoria .
  2. ↑ According to Hans-Georg Pflaum, the post of Idiologus was associated with an annual income of 200,000 sesterces .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CIL 10, 4862
  2. ↑ a b c d Ségolène Demougin: Prosopography. 1992, pp. 256-258, No. 301.
  3. ↑ a b Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les Carrières , No. 7, p. 23.
personal data
SURNAME Vergilius Gallus Lusius, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vergilius Marci filius Teretina Gallus Lusius, Marcus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century