词条 | Decimus Valerius Asiaticus (Legatus) |
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Family background and early lifeAsiaticus was of praetorian rank.[1] He was the son of the Roman Senator, consul Decimus Valerius Asiaticus[2] and Lollia Saturnina. There is a possibility he may have had siblings. He and his family had their origins in Vienna,[3] Gallia Narbonensis. The father of Asiaticus was of Allobrogian origin[4] and his political career was a contemporary of the rule of the Roman emperors Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius. His father was a respected,[5] wealthy, and prominent Roman Senator.[6] The elder Asiaticus in 35 served as a suffect consul and again in 46, served as an ordinary consul.[7] the first man from Gaul to attain the consulship[8] and became the first man from Gaul to be admitted into the Roman Senate.[9] The mother of Asiaticus was the social and beautiful Lollia Saturnina,[10] whose younger sister Lollia Paulina was a Roman empress and the third wife of the Roman emperor Caligula.[11] Saturnina was the first daughter of Marcus Lollius and the noble woman Volusia Saturnina,[12] who was first cousin to Roman emperor Tiberius. The father of Asiaticus was murdered on the orders of the Roman empress Valeria Messalina in 47[5] and Asiaticus was later raised by his mother. Political careerAfter serving as a Legatus of Gallia Belgica,[1] he became the Roman governor of that province[3] in the reign of the Roman emperor Nero.[13] In early 69 when Aulus Vitellius became Roman emperor, he was finding governors and commanders in the provinces as supporters for his emperorship who were genuinely enthusiastic.[14] Among those supporters was Asiaticus.[14] When Vitellius was in the city of Lugdunum Gaul, proclaiming his son and daughter as heirs from his wife Galeria Fundana, Vitellius betrothed his daughter Vitellia to Asiaticus.[3] Asiaticus and Vitellia had married in the reign of Vitellius.[3] He had become powerful through wealth and the skilful exploitation of imperial patronage.[13] The alliance with Asiaticus and Vitellius was perhaps an attempt to reconcile the communities in Gaul with the Roman state.[1] Asiaticus was unable to give Vitellius much support when the Roman army commanders appointed, Vespasian as an alternative successor to Vitellius.[1] When Vespasian became Roman emperor in second half of 69, Asiaticus was appointed for a consulship in 70.[3] Before he could serve his consulship in early 70, Asiaticus died.[15] Asiaticus was survived by Vitellia and their son Marcus Lollius Paulinus Decimus Valerius Asiaticus Saturninus.[16] Later in 70, Vespasian arranged Vitellia to remarry another unnamed groom.[15] Her second marriage was a splendid match for her and Vespasian provided for her, the dowry and clothing.[15] References1. ^1 2 3 4 Bowman, The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 10, p. 273 2. ^The Roman World: Gallia Narbonensis's Urbs of Vienna 3. ^1 2 3 4 Morgan, 69 AD: The Year of Four Emperors, p. 149 4. ^Decimus Valerius Asiaticus: A notable Gallo-Roman from Vienna in the 1st century, translated from French to English 5. ^1 Alston, Aspects of Roman History AD 14-117, p. 92 6. ^Wiseman, Talking to Virgil: A Miscellany, p.75 7. ^P.J. Sijpesteijn, "Another οὑσἱᾳ of D.Valerius Asiaticus in Egypt", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 79 (1989), p. 194 8. ^Freisenbruch, The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars, p.131 9. ^Decimus Valerius Asiaticus: A notable Gallo-Roman from Vienna in the 1st century, translated from French to English 10. ^Wiseman, Talking to Virgil: A Miscellany, p. 75 11. ^Freisenbruch, The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars, p. 131 12. ^Lollius by D.C. O’Driscoll 13. ^1 Wightman, Gallia Belgica, p. 61 14. ^1 Morgan, 69 AD: The Year of Four Emperors, p. 81 15. ^1 2 Epilogue: The Fall of the Vitellii - Vitellia?, daughter {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20140111030615/http://www.ancientsites.com/aw/Post/1190626 |date=2014-01-11 }} 16. ^Bowman, The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 10, p. 217 Sources
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