Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 23)

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Gaius Asinius Pollio was a Roman senator and orator active during the Principate. He was ordinary consul for 23 with Gaius Antistius Vetus as his colleague. [1] [2] He was the oldest son of Gaius Asinius Gallus; his brother was Marcus Asinius Agrippa, consul in 25. [3] Pollio's mother was Vipsania Agrippina. [4] Through her, he was the half-brother of the younger Drusus. [5]

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We know from his coins Pollio was proconsular governor of Asia. [6] In 45, Pollio was exiled as an accuser of a conspiracy and later was put to death on orders from Empress Valeria Messalina.

The Asinia Pollionis filia mentioned on an inscription from Tusculum may have been his daughter. [7] Pollio was perhaps the father (or brother) of Gaius Asinius Placentinus who lived around the middle of the 1st century. [8]

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Political offices
Preceded by Consul of the Roman Empire
23
with Gaius Antistius Vetus,
followed by Gaius Stertinius Maximus
Succeeded by