The Criminal Trials against Aulus Gabinius

Abstract

In the fall of 54 BC, Aulus Gabinius was charged before three different courts. The charges of crimen maiestatis and crimen repetundarum were linked to the fact that Gabinius had invaded Egypt with his army as a proconsul of Syria and restored Ptolemy Auletes to his throne. The third charge was that Gabinius had committed crimen ambitus in order to be elected consul. Gabinius acquitted of crimen maiestatis but found guilty of crimen repetundarum. The crimen ambitus was not investigated due to the accused’s exile.