s occasions, arrayed in open day to defend an extortionate provincial
governor
, to attack some pestilential tribune, or to curb
ike Lucullus, to be discarded and disgraced as had been Gabinius, the
governor
of Syria. If he gave way now, it was the end. Ret
6 With Caesar in Gaul from 54 onwards, M. Licinius Crassus was made
governor
of the Cisalpina in 49 (Appian, BC 2, 41, 165). H
salutary legislation in defence of provincials, had been an admirable
governor
of Syria, as the clearest of NotesPage=>066
Ad Att. 1, 1, 2) and T. Aufidius, once a publicanus, but rising to be
governor
of Asia (Val. Max. 6, 9, 7; Cicero, Pro Flacco 45
us and Pansa. The true cause was probably an urgent dispatch from the
governor
of Cisalpine Gaul. Though nothing could be done
r. 2 Even less reliance could be placed on M. Aemilius Lepidus, the
governor
of Gallia Narbonensis and Hispania Citerior. Wher
all Macedonia was in his hands; and not only Macedonia Vatinius the
governor
of Illyricum had been unable to prevent his legio
ir peaceful coup. They had now to reckon with Plancus. In April the
governor
of Gallia Comata mustered his army and made a sem
the Triumvirate. He then became involved in war with T. Sextius, the
governor
of Africa Nova. PageBook=>190 The rule of
ntemporaries; 1 and the aged M. Terentius Varro, once a soldier and a
governor
of provinces, but now a peaceful antiquary, found
with honour the brother of his colleague and sent him away to be his
governor
in Spain, where he shortly died. 6 The city of Pe
valour and resource in a confused war against T. Sextius, the former
governor
, who had remained in the province, was at last ov
h Roman renegades in their company, poured into Syria and reduced the
governor
, Decidius Saxa, to sore straits. Antonius arrived
dwill, Antonius sent away Ahenobarbus, a compromising adherent, to be
governor
of Bithynia, and he instructed Pompeius to call o
hynia to facilitate the Caesarian compact. 2 Plancus soon followed as
governor
of the province of Asia; 3 and immediately upon t
imperator’,4 the horsemen swept over Syria, killing Decidius Saxa the
governor
; then they overran southern Asia as far as the co
r the ultimate honour of a public funeral. 2 Sosius took his place as
governor
of Syria,3 and, accompanied by Herod, proceeded t
on his own initiative or at the instigation of his uncle Plancus, the
governor
of Syria. 2 The Roman People never forgave the br
l for the second time in 40 B.C., with no record of his activity, and
governor
of all Spain for Octavianus the year after. No
us was left in charge of Syria, Furnius of Asia. Ahenobarbus had been
governor
of Bithynia since the Pact of Brundisium: who was
ensorinus (40) and Pollio (39); Bithynia, Ahenobarbus (the only known
governor
in this period). Cyrene, of little importance as
ing Sex. Pompeius, shared the fortunes of his uncle as an admiral and
governor
of provinces, already designated for a consulate.
26) fought at Actium (Plutarch, Antonius 65). Q. Didius, attested as
governor
of Syria in the year 31 B.C. (Dio 51, 7, i), is o
ff. He took a fleet to Sicily in 36 B.C. to help Octavianus, and was
governor
of Syria in 32, when he died (Appian, BC 4, 38, 1
fter Actium, Messalla was put in charge of Syria :3 Octavianus’ first
governor
of Macedonia is nowhere attested—perhaps it was T
NotesPage=>303 1 Appian (BC 4, 51, 221) records that he became
governor
of Syria. About the date, no evidence. The period
ally consular in rank. Thus all Spain, it appears, had been under one
governor
, with several legates as his subordinates. 2 Pr
3 By the time of the Flavian dynasty a common soldier can rise to be
governor
of the province of Raetia. 4 Secondly, the freedm
, a Roman knight of a respectable family from Tibur, became its first
governor
; 1 and in a time of emergency an equestrian offic
eople. He might have become a lawyer, a Roman senator, a provincial
governor
: he preferred to be a fashionable poet and he pai
ions of Macedonia were removed from the proconsul and assigned to the
governor
of a new province to the north, the imperial lega
Corbishley, JRS XXIV (1934), 43 ff. Strabo (p. 748) says that he was
governor
at the time of the surrender of the Parthian host
Nor could he now discover fields to spread his personal influence. No
governor
now was able to enlist whole communities and wide
litary command were removed from competition and from profit, for the
governor
now received a salary in money. 5 Politics can be
edonia(the Egnatia) and the dimensions of Cilicia when Cicero was its
governor
. 2 Seneca, De ben. 6, 32, 2: ‘horum mihi nihil
Nerva to adopt and designate as his successor M. Ulpius Traianus, the
governor
of Upper Germany. 1 Trajan himself in his lifetim
llius was favoured by Augustus, loathed by Tiberius. In 17 B.C., when
governor
of Gaul, Lollius had suffered at the hands of rai
ed with distinction under Tiberius in Illyricum, and in this year was
governor
of Hispania Citerior, at the head of three legion
, L. Volusius Saturninus, a family friend of Tiberius, is attested as
governor
of Syria (A.D. 4-5); after him came Quirinius (A.
der Tiberius served M. Valerius Messalla Messallinus (cos. 3 B.C.) as
governor
of the province of Illyricum, ‘vir animo etiam qu
’s death showed his value it was followed by a rising which Varus the
governor
of Syria put down. Ten years later, when Archelau
menace of a civil war. It was averted by the adoption of Trajan, the
governor
of the military province of Upper Germany: less w
Metellus Celer, Q. (cos. 60 B.C.), 5, 20, 23, 43; as praetor, 32; as
governor
of Cisalpina, 74; as consul, 33 ff.; his letter t
Calpurnius Bibulus, L., Republican and Antonian, 198, 206, 222, 231;
governor
of Syria, 268, 282. Calpurnius Bibulus, M. (cos
132, 151, 200, 350, 355; in the campaign of Philippi, 200, 202, 204;
governor
of Syria, 214; killed by the Parthians, 223. De
68; in the campaign of Philippi, 205; his second consulate, 189, 227;
governor
of Spain, 227, 332; repairs the Regia, 241; relig
377, 422; his son, 377, 497. Furnius, C, Antonian partisan, 210, 267;
governor
of Asia, 232, 264; as a speaker, 283; spared afte
as tribune, 29; legate of Pompeius, 31, 32; consul, 36, 82, 94, 374;
governor
of Syria, 66 f., 103, 149 f.; trial and condemnat
f the orator, 493. Hortensius Hortalus, Q., as a Caesarian, 63, 64;
governor
of Macedonia, 110 f.; with the Liberators, 171, 1
narius Scarpus, L., kinsman of Caesar, 128 f.; an Antonian, 266, 269;
governor
of Cyrene, 298. Pirates, wars against, 29, 31,
s. suff. 30 B.C.), with the Liberators, 198, 206; his consulate, 339;
governor
of Syria, 303, 309; character, 303; no descendant