GABI2234 A. Gabinius (11) A. f. - n.

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Vell. 2.59.2 (candidates for pr 61, except C. Octavius, "nobilissimi viri"), Macrob. 3.14.15

Life Dates

  • 54, exiled (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Kelly No. 42, Alexander no. 303.

  • 49, restored (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Kelly No. 42.

  • 47, death (Broughton MRR II) Expand

    Illness.

Relationships

son of
A. Gabinius (8, cf. 7 and 9) (q.? 101) (Badian 1990)
married to
Lollia (29) (daughter of? M. Lollius (21, cf. 8) Palicanus (pr. 69)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Suet. Caes. 50.1f.

father of
? -. Cornelius? (371) Sisenna (son of? A. Gabinius (11) A. f. - n. (cos. 58)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio XXXIX 56.5, Val. Max. VIII 1

adoptive father of
? -. Cornelius? (371) Sisenna (son of? A. Gabinius (11) A. f. - n. (cos. 58)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio XXXIX 56.5, Val. Max. VIII 1

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis 67 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Gabinius first carried a law to assign Bithynia and Pontus, and part of the army of Lucullus (the Valerian legions were dismissed) to the Consul Glabrio (Cic. Leg. Man. 26; Sest. 93; Sall. Hist. 5.13 M, Lex Gabinia; Plut. Luc. 33.5; 35.3-6; App. Mith. 90; Dio 36.14.4, and 15.3, and 17.1; Eutrop. 6.9.3; see above, Consuls). His major bill, the one on the war with the pirates, carried amid violent disorder (see below, on Trebellius), created for one commander, Pompey, an unlimited imperium like that of M. Antonius Creticus in 74, for at least three years, over the coasts of the Mediterranean and for 50 miles inland, equal to that of the respective governors in their provinces, with the right to appoint 15 (or 24) Legates with imperium pro praetore, raise a navy of 300 (or 500) ships, levy recruits as desired, and draw upon public funds (Cic. Leg. Man. 44 and 52-58; Corn. 1, fr. 30, and Ascon. 72 C; Leg. Agr. 2.46; P. Red. in Sen. 11; Phil. 11.18, with Schol. Bob. 98 Stangl; Sall. Hist. 5.21-24 M; Liv. Per. 99; Vell. 2.31-32; Val. Max. 8.15.9; Tac. Ann. 15.25; Plut. Pomp. 25-26; Luc. 37.4; App. Mith. 94; Dio 36.23-27; Zonar. 10.3). He broke the veto of his colleague Trebellius by proposing to depose him from office (see below), and overcame the opposition of the Consul Piso (Plut. pomp. 27.1; Dio 36.37.2). Finally, a Gabinian law forbidding loans to foreign envoys in Rome (Cic. Att. 5.21.12; 6.1.5, and 2.7) may have been carried by Gabinius when the proposal of Cornelius failed (see above). (Broughton MRR II)
    • 7 Niccolini (FTP 254) considers this a general law stripping Lucullus of all his provinces, and places the praetorship of L. Quinctius in 67 (see 68, Praetors), but the evidence seems clear that Lucullus' provinces were taken from him separately, Asia in 69 (Dio 36.2.2), Cilicia in 68 before Caesar's return from Spain (Suet. Iul. 8) in time to support the law of Gabinius (Plut. Pomp. 25.3), and finally Bithynia and Pontus under a law of Gabinius (Sall. Hist. 5.13 M). (Broughton MRR II)
    • 8 Since the law is not mentioned before 56 it could possibly be a law of his consulship in 58, as Mommsen (Stralrecht 885) and Niccolini (FT.P 258) believe. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 66 Syria (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably became a Legate of Pompey under the Manilian law, though debarred from such an appointment under his own (Cic. Leg. Man. 57-58; see 65, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Praetor, uncertain date.[54] (Broughton MRR III)
    • Pompey's Legates in the war with the pirates (see 67, Legates) probably remained in their positions. L. Octavius may have substituted for the deceased L. Cornelius Sisenna. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 65 Syria (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Pompey. Led an advance across the Euphrates to the Tigris (Dio 37.5.2). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 64 Iudaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Pompey (see 65, Legates). With or soon after Scaurus he became involved in the rivalries of the Jewish princes, and is also charged with accepting bribes (Joseph. AJ 14.37, cf. 29; BJ 1.128). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 63 Iudaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • See 65, Legates. With Pompey in Palestine (Joseph. BJ 1. 140; AJ 14.56; Hegesipp. 1.16; Oros. 6.6.2; Zonar. 5.6; cf. Dio 37.15.3). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor before 60 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 3 Gabinius served under Pompey in Syria and Palestine until 63 at least. This, the latest date permitted under the Cornelian law, is also the most probable date for his praetorship. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 749, footnote 330 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 58 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 1 Roussel and Launay (I. de Delos 4.1.1511) identify the Gabinius Capito in line 4 of CIL 12.2.2500 with the Consul, but the two Gabinii should be distinguished. (Broughton MRR II)
    • CIL 12.2.756, 919, 920, 963, 2500, 2512; Caes. BG 1.6.4; Ascon. 8 and 46 C; Plut. Pomp. 48.3; Cat. Min. 33.4; App. BC 2.14; Die 38, Index, 9.1, and 13.2; Chr. 354 (Calsoniano et Cavonio); Fast. Hyd. (Pisone et Gabinio); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; and on Piso, CIL 12.1.2512; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f.; Plut. Caes. 14.4-5. See Degrassi 56f., 131, 492f. Despite Piso's initial compliments to Cicero (Cic. Pis. 11; P. Red. in Sen. 17; P. Red. ad Quir. 11; cf. Sest. 20; Schol. Bob. 108 Stangl), he and his colleague actively supported the Tribune Clodius (Cic. Sest. 18 and 24-25 and 32-33 and 53-55 and 69-70; P. Red. in Sen. 10-18 and 31-32; P. Red. ad Quir. 13-14; Pis. 8 and 13-23 and 48 and 72 and 77; Dom. 55 and 62 and 66 and 70 and 124; Planc. 86-87; Ascon. 7 C, on Piso, and 9; Plut. Cic. 31; Dio 38.16; and on Gabinius, Cic. Fam. 11.16.2; 12.29.1; Plut. Pomp. 49.2; Dio 38.30.2; Schol. Bob. 127f. Stangl). Under one of the laws of Clodius Piso received the province of Macedonia (Cic. P. Red. in Sen. 10 and 18 and 32; P. Red. ad Quir. 11 and 13 and 21; Sest. 24-25 and 31 and 44 and 53-55 and 71; Pis. 28 and 37 and 56-57; Har. Resp. 58; Dom. 23-24 and 55 and 60 and 66 and 70 and 93; Prov. Cons. 2-8: Plut. Cic. 30.1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 81.4; Schol. Bob. 168 Stangl), while under another law Gabinius was assigned first Cilicia and then Syria (Cic. P. Red. in Sen. 10 and 18 and 32; P. Red. ad Quir. 11 and 13 and 2 1; Dom. 23 and 55 and 60 and 70 and 124; Sest. 24-25 and 44 and 53-55 and 67-73; Prov. Cons. 3-9 and 17; Pis. 28 and 31 and 37 and 49 and 56- 57; Rab. Post. 20; Plut. Cic. 30.1; App. Syr. 51; cf. Cic. Att. 3.22.1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 81.4; and on the exchange of Cilicia for Syria, Cic. Sest. 55; Dom. 23 and 70). Piso also took action against the Egyptian cults in Rome (Varro in Tertull. Apol. 6; Nat. 1.10; Arnob. 2.73), and removed an old sacellum (Cic. Har. Resp. 32) of Diana on the Caelian hill. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 57 Syria (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Syria with unlimited imperium (Cic. Dom. 23 and 55; Liv. Per. 105; App. Syr. 51; BC 5. 10) by Clodius' law (see 58, Tribunes of the Plebs). He first crushed a Jewish revolt under Alexander and Aristobulus (Plut. Ant. 3.1; Joseph. AJ 14.82-97; BJ 1.160-174; Hegesipp. 1.19-20; Zonar. 5.7), but was attacked early in 56 by Cicero, who emphasized his poor relation3 with the publicans and the growth of piracy (Sest. 71; Prov. Cons. 9-13, cf. Pis. 46), and was refused a supplicatio for his successes (Cic. QF 2.6.1; Prov. Cons. 14-15, and 25; Pis. 41-45; Phil. 14.24). See 56 and 55, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 56 Syria (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Syria (Cic. Dom. 23 and 55; cf. Liv. Per. 105; see 58, Tribunes of the Plebs, on Clodius). After crushing the Jewish revolt (see 57, Promagistrates), he began to prepare an expedition against the Parthians (Strabo 12.3.34; 17.1.11; Joseph. AJ 14.98 and 102; BJ 1.175-176; Iustin 42.4.1-2; App. Syr. 51). In spite of Cicero’s appeal in the De Provinciis Consularibus his command in Syria was continued into 55. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 55 Syria (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Continued as Proconsul in Syria (see 56, Promagistrates; Cic. Pis. 88; Fam. 1.9.20; Ascon. 1-2 C). In the spring of 55 he restored the Egyptian King to his throne (Cic. Att. 4. 10. 1, April; Rab. Post. 19-21, cf. 30-31; Pis. 48- 50; Strabo 17.1.11; Liv. Per. 105; Val. Max. 9.1, ext. 6; Joseph. AJ 14.98-100; BJ 1.175-176; Plut. Ant. 3.2-6; App. BC 2.24; Dio 39.55-58; 42.2.4; and on the garrison he left in Egypt, Caes. BC 3.4.4, and 108.5, 110.2; Bell. Alex. 3.9; Val. Max. 4.1.15; Senec. Dial. 6.14.2; App. BC 2.84-85; Dio 42.5.4), and was later after his return in 54 acquitted in the resulting trial for maiestas (Cic. Att. 4.18.3-4, and 19.1; QF 3.1.15 and 24, and 2.1, 4.1, 5.5, and 7.1; App. BC 2.24, condemned!; Dio 39.62). He crushed another uprising in Judaea and made war upon the pirates (Joseph. AJ 14.101-104; BJ 1. 176-178). His control of the publicans led to bitter attacks upon him in Rome (Cic. Prov. Cons. 10-14, in 56; Pis. 41; QF 2.11.2; 3.2.2; Dio 39.59), and though acquitted of maiestas he was condemned for extortion (Cic. QF 3.2.1, and 9.1; Rab. Post. 8-12, 19-21, 30-35, 38, cf. Pis. 49-50; Val. Max. 4.2.4, cf. 8.1, abs. 3; App. Syr. 51; BC 2.24; Dio 39.61-63; 46.8.1; Schol. Bob. 168, 177 Stangl). See E. M. Sanford, TAPhA 70 (1939) 64-92. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 48 Macedonia, Illyricum (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably a Legate. He recruited and trained new levies for Caesar (Bell. Alex. 42.4). Caesar sent him after Pharsalus to reinforce Cornificius in Illyricum, but he suffered reverses during the winter of 48-47, and after some months fell ill and died (Bell. Alex. 42-43; and with advance in the dating, Plut. Ant. 7.1; App. BC 2.58- 59; Illyr. 12, and 25, and 27; Dio 42.11; cf. Cic. Att. 11.16.1, June 2, 47; CIL 3.3200, and 10158). See 47, Legates. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 47 Illyricum (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Died early in 47 at Salona in Illyricum (see 48, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)