1. A public crier at Rome, whose wealth and gluttony passed into the proverb " to live like
Gallonius." (Cic. pro Quint. 30, de Fin. 2.38.) He
was probably contemporary with the younger Scipio, and was satirised by Lucilius (Cic. de Fin. 2.8), and by Horace (Sat. 2.2, 46). The
sturgeon (acipenser) was one of the dishes for which Gallonius' table was
famous. (Lucil. apud Cic. l.c. ; Hor. l.c. ; comp.