▁Fri uli , ▁both ▁once ▁called ▁Forum ▁I ul ii , ▁and ▁called ▁the ▁former ▁the ▁more ▁likely . ▁Jean - Paul ▁B ouch er ▁recognized ▁at ▁least ▁five ▁candidates , ▁and ▁considered ▁Forum ▁I ul ii ▁I ri ens ium ▁( mod ern ▁Vog h era ) ▁the ▁most ▁suitable . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁also ▁suggested ▁that ▁" For oi uli ensis " ▁could ▁refer ▁not ▁to ▁Gall us ' ▁birth place , ▁but ▁rather ▁to ▁the ▁place ▁where ▁he ▁performed ▁a ▁memor able ▁act , ▁namely ▁the ▁ere ction ▁of ▁the ▁V at ican ▁Ob el isk ▁in ▁the ▁Forum ▁I ul ium ▁of ▁Alexand ria , ▁thus ▁making ▁some ▁generic ▁mentions ▁of ▁Gall ia ▁as ▁the ▁sole ▁possible ▁clue ▁about ▁his ▁place ▁of ▁origin . ▁ ▁Career ▁Born ▁in ▁a ▁hum ble ▁family , ▁Gall us ▁moved ▁to ▁Rome ▁at ▁an ▁early ▁age ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁taught ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁master ▁as ▁Vir g il ▁and ▁Vari us ▁R uf us . ▁Vir g il , ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁great ▁measure ▁inde bt ed ▁to ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Gall us ▁for ▁the ▁rest oration ▁of ▁his ▁estate , ▁dedicated ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁ec log ues ▁( X ) ▁to ▁him . ▁The ▁E rot ica ▁Path em ata ▁of ▁Par then ius ▁of ▁N ica ea ▁was ▁also ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Gall us . ▁ ▁In ▁political ▁life ▁Gall us ▁esp oused ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁Oct av ian ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁reward ▁for ▁his ▁services ▁was ▁made ▁pre fect ▁of ▁Egypt