Gaius Cornelius Gallicanus was a Roman soldier of the equestrian class whom Vespasian adlected into the Roman Senate for his loyalty during the Year of the Four Emperors.Werner Eck, Senatoren von Vespasian bis Hadrian (München: Beck'sche, 1970), p. 105
Following his adlectio, Gallicanus was governor of Baetica in AD 79/80,Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), p. 302 and note and shortly afterwards of Gallia Lugdunensis, succeeding Titus Tettienus Serenus in 80, until 83.Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", pp. 304-306 He was appointed suffect consul for the nundinium of September-October 84 with Gaius Tullius Capito Pomponianus Plotius Firmus as his colleague.Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for A. D. 70–96", Classical Quarterly, 31 (1981), pp. 190, 197, 216 The pinnacle of his career was as proconsul of Africa for the period 98/99.Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", p. 330 Upon return to Italy, he was appointed curator of the alimenta for Veleia, a program that provided public funds to care for poor children in Central Italy.
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