Gaius Cestius Gallus (governor of Syria)
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)Gaius Cestius Gallus (d. 67 AD) was a
Gaius Caecina Largus.[1] Gallus was the son of Gaius Cestius Gallus
, ordinary consul in 35.
Governor of Syria
Gallus was proconsul of
Agrippa II and other client rulers.[2]
Jewish Revolt
With his force reduced by detachments sent to occupy Galilee and the Judean coast, Gallus turned inland to subdue Jerusalem. After suffering losses amongst his baggage train and rearguard, Gallus reached
the Temple Mount. After a siege of nine days, Gallus decided to fall back to the coast. His decision appears to have been based on the loss of siege equipment by ambush and the threatened cutting of his supply lines as the October rains began.[3]
The war-like faction in Jerusalem, under Shimon bar Giora, rose up against the Roman contingent, pursuing them as far as Antipatris, via Beit Horon.[4][5]
Heshvan, during the 12th year of the reign of Nero
, and marked the beginning of the war with Rome.
Death
Soon after his return to Syria, and before the spring of 67, Gallus died. as commander of the Roman forces assembled in the province to crush the rebellion in Judea.
See also
References
- Classical Quarterly, 28 (1978), pp. 407f, 424
- ISBN 978-1-78096-183-5.
- ISBN 978-1-78096-183-5.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-4479-3
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 426.
- Tacitus, Hist. v. 10, 13
- Suetonius, Vespasian, 4
- Josephus, Bell. Jud. ii. 14-20
- Emil Schürer, History of the Jewish People, 1st edn. div. i. vol. ii. p. 212 (Eng. tr., 1890); vol. 1, pp. 487f of Vermes and Millar's 1973 re-edition.
- S. G. F. Brandon, 'The Defeat of Cestius Gallus', A.D. 66, History Today vol.xx. pp. 38–46 (1970)
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