Are they, and welcome to Amperus of Rome, a Roman history podcast from Latvia University?

Senior lecturer in Roman history at Macquarie University and Humboldt Research Fellow

at Gerthe University in Frankfurt, Germany.

This is episode C-L-X-I-X, Gallus.

When daisies died during a battle with the Goths, the Roman army took it upon themselves

to appoint a successor.

His remaining general, Dravenianus Gallus.

Gallus was initially praised for not beginning a civil war, unusual for the time we must admit,

but would be unable to lead the Empire through the turmoil that was to come.

He is Kalen Davenport.

Decius and his son, Horeneus at Truscus, we last saw, valently riding into battle against

the Goths at the Battle of Abertus in June 21.

They sacrificed their lives heroically for the state.

This however is only one tradition about their deaths, what we call the positive tradition.

There is also a negative tradition, that they were actually betrayed to the Goths by the

governor of Moisee inferior, Geysphibius Trabonianus Gallus.

At this tradition is preserved in Zosimus, Greek author riding the 6th century, but is probably

relying on Decius' 3rd century author.

And Zosimus says, Book 1, 23.3, Decius having destroyed a considerable number of the first

battalion, the second advance, which he likewise defeated, and discovered part of the third,

which lay near the marsh.

Gallus sent intelligence to him that he might march against them across the fen, proceeding

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