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Aulus Didius Gallus

1st century AD Roman general and politician

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Source revisionSep 18, 2026
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Aulus Didius Gallus was a member of the Roman Senate and general active during the 1st century AD. He held a number of offices and imperial appointments, the most important of which were governor of Britain between 52 and 57 AD, proconsul of Asia, and suffect consul in the nundinium of September to December 39 as the colleague of Domitius Afer.

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Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current 61-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Aulus, Didius and Gallus can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as 1st century AD Roman general and politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “Aulus Didius Gallus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.