Aulus Didius Gallus Fabricius Veiento | |
|---|---|
| Suffect consul of the Roman Empire | |
| In office between 71 – 79 | |
| Suffect consul II of the Roman Empire | |
| In office January AD 80 – February 80 Serving with Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus | |
| Suffect consul III of the Roman Empire | |
| In office ? 1 February AD 83 – ? 28 February 83 Serving with ? Lucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | Unknown |
| Spouse | Attica |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Roman Empire |
Aulus Didius Gallus Fabricius Veiento was a Roman senator who played a major role in the courts of several Roman emperors during the first century AD. For his usefulness, Veiento was rewarded with the office of suffect consul three times in a period when three consulates were very rare for non-members of the Imperial family.
Modern authorities have interpreted the nature of Veiento's role in different ways. Older writers, following the insinuations of Cassius Dio and Pliny the Younger, tended to ascribe to Veiento a malevolent role. For example, Ronald Syme summarized his career in this sentence: "Veiento began as a dealer in petty patronage, and he ended as a merchant of honor."[1] William C. McDermott has since provided a more balanced evaluation of this figure.[2] This has led more recent writers to evaluate him as "one of the most interesting of his Domitian's senatorial amici, frequently but erroneously classified as an informer during the so-called reign of terror."[3]
- ^ Syme, Tacitus (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1958), vol. I p. 5
- ^ McDermott, "Fabricius Veiento", American Journal of Philology, 91 (1970), pp. 129-148
- ^ Brian W. Jones, The Emperor Domitian (London: Routledge, 1993), p. 53