Gaius Asinius Pollio (Consul 23)
Gaius Asinius Pollio was a member of the Asinians living in the early Roman Empire and was a consul in AD 23 .
Gaius Asinius Pollio was a grandson of the politician and historian of the same name and probably the eldest son of the consul from 8 BC. BC, Gaius Asinius Gallus , with Vipsania Agrippina , the previous wife of Tiberius . In 20 AD he held the office of Praetor peregrinus and three years later rose to full consul with Gaius Antistius Vetus . According to coins, he later became proconsul of the Roman province of Asia , but not until around 38/39 AD, because his father had poor relations with Emperor Tiberius due to his marriage.
literature
- Werner Eck : Asinius [II 12]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 84.
- Paul von Rohden : Asinius 26) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, column 1602 f.
Remarks
- ↑ CIL I² p. 70.
- ↑ CIL 6, 10051 ; CIL 10.895 ; Tacitus , Annals 4, 1; Pliny , Naturalis historia 33, 32; Frontinus , De aquaeductu urbis Romae 102; Cassius Dio , Roman History , Index to Book 57; among others
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Asinius Pollio, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pollio, Gaius Asinius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 23 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 39 |