person
Lucius Caninius Gallus
Caninius
also: Caninius noster, Caninius
A friend and confidant of Cicero in the mid-40s BC who acted as an intermediary between Cicero and Varro (Fam. 9.6) and ran errands and carried messages; conventionally identified as L. Caninius Gallus (tr. pl. 56 BC). Distinct from C. Caninius Gallus (person:gallus-canius) where that identification is doubted. (Possibly identical with the tribune of 56 BC, C. Caninius Gallus = person:gallus-canius; identity uncertain, kept distinct pending review.)
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 16.14 §3 I have lost Caninius
L. Caninius Gallus, an acquaintance of Cicero who has just died; Cicero recalls him as not ungrateful toward him.
- Ad Familiares 1.7 §3 in the most suspicious time of Caninius
L. Caninius Gallus, tribune of 56 BC, who had proposed that Pompey be sent to restore the Egyptian king --- a move that made Lentulus suspect Pompey of angling for the command himself. Cicero says even then Pompey privately favoured Lentulus.