Gaius Asinius Gallus
Gaius Asinius Gallus (* 41 BC ; † 33 AD) was a Roman politician at the time of the emperors Augustus and Tiberius .
Gallus was a son of the senator and historian Gaius Asinius Pollio . 23 or 22 BC He was a mint master (tresvir monetalis) . In the year 8 BC Gallus became a full consul . At his consulate, he and his colleague Gaius Marcius Censorinus carried out a Tiber regulation. 6/5 v. BC he held the office of proconsul of the province of Asia ; a few years later (around 1 AD) he was perhaps governor of the province of Hispania citerior . When Augustus died in AD 14, Gallus was one of the leading senatorswho were said to have ambitions to rule. But he was hated by the new emperor Tiberius because he was 12 BC. BC whose former wife Vipsania Agrippina had married. In the year 20 n. Chr. He declined the alleged murder of the heir Germanicus accused Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso defend. He was considered a supporter of the Praetorian Prefect Sejan and was sentenced to death for alleged treason in the year 30, but not executed, but held prisoner for three years until he died of starvation.
In 17 BC Gallus is listed as one of the Quindecimviri Sacris Faciundis at the Augustan secular celebrations . In 15 AD he applied in this capacity to consult the Sibylline Books because of a flood disaster in Rome . One of his sons was the consul of 23 AD, Gaius Asinius Pollio .
literature
- Werner Eck : Asinius [II 5]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X .
- Paul von Rohden : Asinius 15 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Sp. 1585-1588.
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Remarks
- ↑ CIL 6, 1235 .
- ^ Tacitus , Annales 1, 13, 2.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annales 3:11 , 2.
- ↑ CIL 6, 32323 , lines 107, 151 and 168.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annalen 1, 76.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gallus, Gaius Asinius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Asinius Gallus, Gaius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 41 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 33 |