The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Gallus Caesar
Also known as Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 81
There's a haunting quality to this young Caesar, the combination of imperial purple and obvious physical frailty creating an unsettling contrast. His presence carries both the weight of Constantine's bloodline and the visible toll of years of confinement and illness.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- 12-25 during events
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 81
- Books
- 1
Gallus Caesar was twelve when saved from soldiers and spent six years confined at Macellum due to his sickly constitution. Made Caesar at twenty-five, he married Constantina and ruled from Antioch with notable cruelty before being executed by beheading at Pola on Constantius's orders.
Description
A young man of twenty-five with pale complexion and visibly frail constitution, wearing the purple robes of a Caesar. His thin build and Roman features bear the marks of both noble lineage and prolonged illness, with dark hair and the bearing of imperial rank despite his obvious physical weakness.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
Appearances
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