Asellia gens explained

The Asellia gens was an ancient Roman clan.

Members

Republican

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

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

• List of Roman gentes

Notes and References

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