Lucius Caninius Gallus

Lucius Caninius Gallus († 44 BC) was born into the Roman Plebejergeschlecht the canines and was 56 BC tribune.

Life

Lucius Caninius Gallus, whose praenomen Lucius is not mentioned by Cicero, but only the index for the 48th book of Cassius Dio's Roman history can be seen, 59 BC as one of the three accusers of Gaius Antonius hybrida makes its appearance for the first time. Although Anthony hybrida was defended by Cicero in his Repetundenprozess, he had to accept his sentence and go into exile in Cephalonia. But one of his daughters was the wife of Gallus Caninius.

56 BC held the office of tribune Caninius Gallus. At that time, moved the Roman domestic politics, the question of the return of the exiled Ptolemy XII. , The go to Italy and had asked for military support for his reinstatement as an Egyptian king. In the Senate meeting held on January 14, 56 BC ( vorjulianisch ) five different applications have been discussed on this topic. After one of these proposals should not be the Cilician governor Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, but Pompey the return of Ptolemy XII. assume, however, it must not use force, but are only accompanied by two lictors. According to the most probable version of Cicero presented Publius Rutilius Lupus that request, according to Plutarch, however Caninius Gallus. Due to a procedural debate there was no decision.

In the year after his tribunate, 55 BC, Caninius Gallus saw himself exposed to an indictment and was on Pompey's desire Cicero defender. 51 BC, he lived in Greece and met in Athens with the Cicero often located on the way to Cilicia. 46 BC Caninius Gallus was in this speaker, with whom he corresponded also to the guest and paid his friend, the scholar Marcus Terentius Varro in Baiae a visit. His death falls in the year 44 BC He had a son of the same, the BC 37 reached the consulate.