Cestius Gallus

Gaius Cestius Gallus († 67 in Syria ) was a Roman senator of the 1st century AD

The son of the consul of the same 35 AD was Suffektkonsul in 42 From the year 63 he was governor ( legatus Augusti pro praetore ) of the province of Syria, initially without the command of the troops stationed there, which remained under Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo is. 66 tried Cestius Gallus, to forcibly terminate with the legions which he had now received the conflict in Judaea, where the procurator Florus Gessius had come into conflict with the Jewish population, developed the Jewish war from the. Cestius Gallus, however, was forced to abandon the siege of Jerusalem, and suffered in his retreat heavy losses. The following year, he died in his province; his successor as governor was Gaius Licinius Mucianus while the future emperor Vespasian, commander of the suppression of the Jewish revolt was.

See also

• List of Roman governors of Syria