Gaius_Cornelius_Gallicanus

Gaius Cornelius Gallicanus

Gaius Cornelius Gallicanus

Roman soldier

Gaius Cornelius Gallicanus was a Roman soldier of the equestrian class whom Vespasian adlected into the Roman senate for his loyalty during the Year of the Four Emperors.[1]

Following his adlectio, Gallicanus was governor of Baetica in AD 79/80,[2] and shortly afterwards of Gallia Lugdunensis, succeeding Titus Tettienus Serenus in 80, until 83.[3] He was appointed suffect consul for the nundinium of September-October 84 with Gaius Tullius Capito Pomponianus Plotius Firmus as his colleague.[4] The pinnacle of his career was as proconsul of Africa for the period 98/99.[5] Upon return to Italy, he was appointed curator of the alimenta for Veleia, a program that provided public funds to care for poor children in Central Italy.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Werner Eck, Senatoren von Vespasian bis Hadrian (München: Beck'sche, 1970), p. 105
  2. [2]
    Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), p. 302 and note
  3. [3]
    Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", pp. 304-306
  4. [4]
    Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for A. D. 70–96", Classical Quarterly, 31 (1981), pp. 190, 197, 216
  5. [5]
    Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", p. 330
  6. [6]
    CIL XI, 1147
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