person
Quintus Gallius
Gallius
also: Q. Gallius, Quintius Gallus, Gallus
Recipient of the recommendation letters Fam. 13.43 and 13.44, a governor (apparently a provincial magistrate) to whom Cicero commends L. Oppius and the affairs of L. Egnatius Rufus, c. 58 BC. Praenomen and nomen are uncertain: the manuscript opener reads "Quintius Gallus" / "GALLO", commonly normalized to Q. Gallius.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 13.43 §1 M. CICERO greets Quintius Gallus
The letter-heading; the first of two consecutive recommendations (13.43, 13.44) addressed to Q. Gallius on behalf of L. Oppius and the absent banker L. Egnatius Rufus. The praenomen and nomen are uncertain: the manuscripts give "Quintius Gallus," usually normalized to Q. Gallius.
- Ad Familiares 13.44 §1 CICERO GALLO S.
The letter-heading; the second of two consecutive recommendations (13.43, 13.44) to Q. Gallius, written some months after the first. Cicero acknowledges that Gallius has already acted on the earlier letter and renews the commendation of L. Oppius and L. Egnatius Rufus.