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The Envy of Asinius Gallus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2023

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Abstract

This paper explores the career and fall of Gaius Asinius Gallus. It argues that Gallus supported Tiberius and worked to increase the Senate's dignity, and that he mediated between the Senate and emperor. It explains Gallus’ downfall in light of his career: he resented Sejanus as a threat to the Senate, and he envied his role as Tiberius’ adiutor. His efforts to honour the prefect in 30 CE were not enough to save him.

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Asinius GallusTiberiusSejanusVelleius Paterculusφθόνοςinvidia

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Antichthon , Volume 57 , 2023 , pp. 117 - 136
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies

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