Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas (fl. 1st century – 2nd century AD) was a

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who achieved the office of ''

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'' twice, first under

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and later under

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Biography

Torquatus Asprenas was the son of

Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas (fl. 1st century – 2nd century AD) was a Roman senator who achieved the office of '' consul ordinarius'' twice, first under Domitian and later under Hadrian. Biography Torquatus Asprenas was the son o ...

, who was a suffect consul between AD 72 and 74, and Arria. His sister was Calpurnia Arria (also referred to as Arria Calpurnia), who married

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, suffect consul in 87.Ladislav Vidman
"Zum Stemma der Nonii Asprenates"
''Listy filologické / Folia philologica'', 105 (1982), pp. 1-5 An

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, he was elected

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...

in AD 94, with Titus Sextius Magius Lateranus as his colleague. From 107 to 108, Torquatus Asprenas was appointed the

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. He was appointed consul for a second time, in AD 128, when the consul designate Publius Metilus Nepos died before assuming office;

Marcus Annius Libo Marcus Annius Libo was a Roman Senator active in the early second century AD. Life Libo came from the upper ranks of the Roman aristocracy. He was the son of Marcus Annius Verus, consul III in 126, and Rupilia Faustina. Annius Verus was Spanish o ...

was the colleague.Ronald Syme
"People in Pliny"
''

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'', 58 (1968), p. 138 An inscription recovered in

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attests that Asprenas had a daughter Torquata; she married

Lucius Pomponius Bassus The gens Pomponia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Its members appear throughout the history of the Roman Republic, and into imperial times. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Marcus Pomponius, tribune of the plebs in 449 BC ...

, consul in 118.

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* PIR ² N 133 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas, Lucius 1st-century Romans 2nd-century Romans Calpurnii Asprenas, Lucius Calpurnius Torquatus Imperial Roman consuls Roman governors of Asia Augurs of the Roman Empire Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown