A. Didius Gallus Fabricius Veiento; an adept in the art of political survival. In AD 62, early in Nero's reign, he was impeached, while Praetor, as the author of 'Codicilli', mock wills which libelled priests and senators. During Domitian's reign he was active as a 'delator' (informer), while according to Pliny ( Epistles, 4.22.4) his appearance as a guest at the table of the emperor Nerva enraged the more respectable guests.
Here Ruskin tells us how his journey was impeded by contemporary representatives of the beggars who in classical times thronged the same road. In searching for a by-word to reflect his disgust, Ruskin has,however, erroneously linked the name of A. Didius Gallus Fabricius Veiento with the subject of the the Latin quotation which follows, from Juvenal ( Satires, 4.116), concerning one Catullus 'fit only to beg beside the wheels on the road to Aricia and toss fawning kisses at chariots as they descend'.
Ruskin's confusion may also stem from the verbal similarity between the proper name and the place name, in the accusative case, in the quotation: F(a)b(rici)(us), and (A)(rici)n(os).