Asellia gens
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Tahin, Gábor (2013). Heuristic Strategies in the Speeches of Cicero. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 165. ISBN 9783319017990.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.