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Encyclopedia > Asinius Gallus

Gaius Asinius Gallus was an ambitious Roman senator with family connections to the Julio-Claudian house. The Roman Senate (Latin, Senatus) was a deliberative body which was important in the government of both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. ... The Julio-Claudian dynasty was the series of the first five Roman Emperors. ...


He was son to Gaius Asinius Pollio. He was married to Vipsania, daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and ex-wife of Tiberius. Asinius Gallus never denied his paternity of the son of Tiberius and Vipsania, Drusus minor, heir from 20 AD to 23 AD; and he courted the widow of Germanicus, Agrippina Senior. This and his sharp wit made him a foe of Tiberius. He was ultimately charged with treason, and, according to Tacitus, starved to death in 33 AD. Gaius Asinius Pollio ( 76/75 BC-AD 5) was a Roman orator, poet and historian. ... Vipsania Agrippina (36 BC-20 AD) was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa from his first wife Pomponia Caecilia Attica, granddaughter of Ciceros friend and knight Titus Pomponius Atticus. ... Marcus Agrippa Agrippa redirects here. ... For the city in Israel, see Tiberias. ... Drusus Julius Caesar Tiberius Drusus Claudius Julius Caesar Nero or Julius Caesar Drusus or Drusus Julius Caesar (his adoption name), (13 BC-September 14, 23 AD), was the only son of Tiberius and Tiberiuss first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. ... For other uses, see number 20. ... ... Bust of Germanicus in the Louvre Germanicus Julius Caesar Claudianus, possibly Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus before adoption (15 BC–AD October 10, 19) was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. ... Agrippina the Elder Julia Vipsania Agrippina (circa 14 BC– AD 33), known as Agrippina Major (Agrippina the Elder), was one of the most powerful women in the Roman Empire in the early 1st century AD. She was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa by his third wife Julia Caesaris, was... // Events The following Christian chronology uses traditional dates set by biblical scholars; 30 is also suggested as a date for the Messianic events. ...



 
 

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