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Under [[Lucius Aemilius Paulus]], his intimate friend, he commanded the 2nd legion in the campaign against [[Perseus of Macedon|Perseus, king of Macedonia]], and gained great reputation for having predicted an eclipse of the moon on the night before the [[battle of Pydna]] (168 BC).
On his return from [[Macedon]]ia he was elected consul ([[166 BC|166]]), and in the same year reduced the [[Liguria]]ns to submission. In [[164 BC|164]] he was sent as ambassador to [[Greece]] and [[Asia]], where he held a meeting at [[Sardis]] to investigate the charges brought against [[Eumenes II]] of
Gallus was a man of great learning, an excellent Greek scholar, and in his later years devoted himself to the study of [[astronomy]], on which subject he is quoted as an authority by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]]. The crater [[Sulpicius Gallus (crater)|Sulpicius Gallus]] is named after him.
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