Sextus Gavius ​​Gallus

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Sextus Gavius ​​Gallus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 1st century AD .

A military diploma dated July 2, 61, shows that Gallus 61 was the commander of the Ala II Hispanorum et Aravacorum , which was stationed in the province of Illyricum at that time . He probably came from the province of Gallia cisalpina .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military diploma of the year 61 ( RMD 4, 202 ).
  2. ↑ Margaret M. Roxan and Paul Holder : Roman Military Diplomas IV (= Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 82), Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London 2003, pp. 389–391, no 202, note 7.
personal data
SURNAME Gavius ​​Gallus, Sextus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 1st century or 2nd century