Asinius is the
nomen of the
plebeian Gens Asinia of ancient Rome. Local tradition holds that the Italian town of
Assignano derives its name from the gens, as well as the French town of
Assignan
Assignan (; oc, Assinhan) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Hérault department
The following is a list of the 342 communes of the Hérault department of France.
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Gaius Asinius Pollio
Gaius Asinius Pollio (75 BC – AD 4) was a Roman soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic, and historian, whose lost contemporary history provided much of the material used by the historians Appian and Plutarch. Pol ...
, orator, poet, historian, consul 40 BC
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Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus
Gaius Asinius Gallus (before 38 BC – AD 33) was a Roman senator, son of Gaius Asinius Pollio and Quinctia. He was the second husband of Vipsania, eldest daughter of Marcus Agrippa and first wife of Tiberius, who ultimately imprisoned him.
Bi ...
, consul 8 BC, died 30, father of Asinius Celer
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Gaius Asinius Pollio
Gaius Asinius Pollio (75 BC – AD 4) was a Roman soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic, and historian, whose lost contemporary history provided much of the material used by the historians Appian and Plutarch. Pol ...
, consul 23
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Marcus Asinius Agrippa
Marcus Asinius Agrippa was a Roman Empire, Roman Roman senate, senator, who was active during the Principate. He was Roman consul, consul in AD 25 as the colleague of first Cossus Cornelius Lentulus (consul AD 25), Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, then ...
, consul 25
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Marcus Asinius Marcellus
Marcus Asinius Marcellus was the name of two men of the Asinii.
Marcus Asinius Marcellus, the Elder
Marcus Asinius Marcellus was consul in 54 as the colleague of Manius Acilius Aviola; it was the same year the Emperor Claudius died. According to ...
, consul 54
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Marcus Asinius Pollio Verrucosus Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to:
* Marcus (name), a masculine given name
* Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name
Places
* Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44
* MărcuÅŸ, a village in DobârlÄ ...
, consul 81
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Marcus Asinius Atratinus, consul 89
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Gaius Asinius Frugi, monet. of Phrygia between 98 and 116
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Marcus Asinius Marcellus, the Younger, consul 104, son of Marcus Asinius Marcellus
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Gaius Asinius Rufus Gaius Asinius Rufus (c. 110 – after 136) was a notable in Lydia in 134 and 135 who became a Roman Senator in 136. He was probably the son of Gaius Asinius Frugi (born c. 80), monet. of Phrygia between 98 and 116.
He married Julia, daughter o ...
, notable in Lydia 134/135, senator 136
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Gaius Asinius Protimus Quadratus
Gaius Asinius Protimus Quadratus was a Roman senator, who was active during the Severan dynasty. He is known entirely from inscriptions.
Quadratus was proconsular governor of Achaea between 192 and 211; while governing Achaea, Quadratus was design ...
, proconsul of Achaea ca. 211 or 220 – son of the above
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Gaius Asinius Quadratus, historian of 3rd century – who may be identical with Gaius Asinius Quadratus Protimus
* Gaius Asinius Lepidus Praetextatus, consul of AD 242.
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