Asinius is the nomen of the

plebeian In ancient Rome, the plebeians or plebs were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners". Both classes were hereditary. Etymology The precise origins of the gro ...

Asinia gens The gens Asinia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which rose to prominence during the first century BC. The first member of this gens mentioned in history is Herius Asinius, commander of the Marrucini during the Social War. The Asinii prob ...

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. *

Gaius Asinius Pollio Gaius Asinius Pollio (75 BC – AD 4) was a Roman soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic, and historian, whose lost contemporaneous history provided much of the material used by the historians Appian and Plutarch. Po ...

, orator, poet, historian, consul 40 BC *

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, whose first husband Tiberius ultimately imprisoned him. Biography In 11 BC he married Vipsani ...

, consul 8 BC, died 30, father of Asinius Celer *

, consul 23 *

Marcus Asinius Agrippa Marcus Asinius Agrippa was a Roman senator, who was active during the Principate. He was consul in AD 25 as the colleague of first Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, then of Gaius Petronius. Agrippa died at the end of the following year (26). According t ...

, consul 25 *

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 *

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 * Mărcuş, a village in Dobârl ...

, consul 81 *

Marcus Asinius Atratinus The gens Asinia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which rose to prominence during the first century BC. The first member of this gens mentioned in history is Herius Asinius, commander of the Marrucini during the Social War. The Asinii proba ...

, consul 89 *

Gaius Asinius Frugi Gaius Asinius Frugi (born c. 80), was a Roman moneyer who was officially permitted to mint money for use in Phrygia between 98 and 116. He was probably a descendant of Nicomachus (c. 30 BC - aft. 1 BC), a notable of Lydia in 1 BC. He married and p ...

, monet. of Phrygia between 98 and 116 *

Marcus Asinius Marcellus, the Younger 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 104, son of Marcus Asinius Marcellus *

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 of A ...

, notable in Lydia 134/135, senator 136 *

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 *

Gaius Asinius Quadratus Gaius Asinius Quadratus () (fl. AD 248) was a Greek historian of Rome and Parthia of the third century. He was a senator who wrote a 15-book history of Rome, '' Chilieteris'' ("The Millennium"), which, according to the Suda, covered the period from ...

, historian of 3rd century – who may be identical with Gaius Asinius Quadratus Protimus * Gaius Asinius Lepidus Praetextatus, consul of AD 242.

Others

There were several others with this name that were not part of the Asinia gens: *

Herius Asinius Herius Asinius, of Teate, was the commander of the Marrucini in the Marsic War. He fell in battle against Gaius Marius in 90 BC. He may have been the grandfather of Gaius Asinius Pollio Gaius Asinius Pollio (75 BC – AD 4) was a Roman sol ...

, Celtic commander of the 1st century BCE {{hndis