Asellia gens

The Asellia gens was an ancient Roman clan.

Members

Republican

  • Marcus Asellius, Tribune of the plebs in 422 BC[1]
  • Marcus (M. f.) Asellius, senator in 44 BC and friend of Cluentius of Pro Cluentio.[2]
  • Lucius Asellius, praetor in 33 BC.[1]
  • (L. f.) Asellius, Praetor suffectus in 33 BC.[1]

Imperial

  • Asellius Sabinus, awarded 200,000 sesterces by emperor Tiberius for a dialogue between a truffle, a fig-pecker, an oyster, and a thrush.[3]
  • Asellius Aemilianus, supporter of Pescennius Niger.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon; Patterson, Patterson (1951). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic: 99 B.C.-31 B.C. American Philological Association. p. 533. ISBN 9780891308126.
  2. ^ Tahin, Gábor (2013). Heuristic Strategies in the Speeches of Cicero. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 165. ISBN 9783319017990.
  3. ^ den Hollander, William (2014). Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome: From Hostage to Historian. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (New ed.). BRILL. p. 109. ISBN 9789004266834.
  4. ^ Kulikowski, Michael (2016). The Triumph of Empire: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine. History of the Ancient World. Vol. 1. Harvard University Press. p. 82. ISBN 9780674659612.
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