Publius Galerius Trachalus
Publius Galerius Trachalus was a Roman senator, who was active during the middle of the first century AD. He was consul for the year 68 as the colleague of Silius Italicus.[1] Trachalus was a noted Roman orator praised by Quintilian.[2][3]
Hailing from Ariminum, Trachalus was probably a descendant of the equites Gaius Galerius, Praefectus of Roman Egypt (AD 16-23).[4] He may have been the father-in-law of the emperor Vitellius.[5]
Trachalus served Otho as an advisor during the Year of the Four Emperors (AD 69).[6] Despite his association with Otho, he survived the chaos of the civil wars, and was permitted to be governor of Africa proconsularis for the term 78/79.[7]
References
- ^ Paul A. Gallivan, "Some Comments on the Fasti for the Reign of Nero", Classical Quarterly, 24 (1974), pp. 292, 311
- ^ Institutes 10.1.119
- ^ William Dominik; Jon Hall (11 January 2010). A Companion to Roman Rhetoric. John Wiley & Sons. p. 511. ISBN 978-1-4443-3415-9.
- ^ Werner Eck, "Galerius (4)", Brill's New Pauly, Volume 4 (Stuttgart:Metzler, 1998), Col. 758 ISBN 3-476-01474-6
- ^ Tacitus Histories 2.60.2
- ^ Tacitus Histories 1.90.2
- ^ CIL V, 5812
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