▁( Su eton ius , ▁August us , ▁ 6 6 ). ▁In ▁ 2 9 ▁BC , ▁Corn el ius ▁Gall us ▁led ▁a ▁campaign ▁to ▁sub due ▁a ▁revol t ▁in ▁The bes . ▁ ▁He ▁ere cted ▁a ▁monument ▁in ▁Phil ae ▁to ▁gl or ify ▁his ▁accomplish ments . ▁Gall us ' ▁conduct ▁brought ▁him ▁into ▁dis gra ce ▁with ▁the ▁em peror ▁and ▁a ▁new ▁pre fect ▁was ▁appointed . ▁After ▁his ▁recall , ▁Gall us ▁committed ▁suic ide ▁( C ass ius ▁D io , ▁li ii ▁ 2 3 ). ▁ ▁Gall us ▁enjoyed ▁a ▁high ▁reputation ▁among ▁his ▁contempor aries ▁as ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁intellect , ▁and ▁O vid ▁( T rist ia , ▁IV ) ▁considered ▁him ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁eleg iac ▁po ets ▁of ▁Rome . ▁He ▁wrote ▁four ▁books ▁of ▁eleg ies ▁chief ly ▁on ▁his ▁mist ress ▁Ly cor is ▁( a ▁poet ical ▁name ▁for ▁Cy ther is , ▁a ▁not orious ▁actress ), ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁took ▁for ▁his ▁model ▁Eu ph or ion ▁of ▁Chal cis ; ▁he ▁also ▁translated ▁some ▁of ▁this ▁author ' s ▁works ▁into ▁Latin . ▁He ▁is ▁often ▁thought ▁of ▁as ▁a ▁key ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁the ▁genre ▁of ▁Latin ▁love - e leg y , ▁and ▁an ▁insp iration ▁for ▁Pro per ti us , ▁Tib ull us , ▁and ▁O vid . ▁Al most ▁nothing ▁by ▁him ▁has ▁surv ived ; ▁until ▁recently , ▁one ▁pent am eter