Asinius Pollio

Family: Roman aristocracy · Role: statesman · First appears: Annals I (5)

Life events

• Asinius Pollio was assassinated after the army’s sympathies shifted.(Histories II.59-63)
  • “Asinius Pollio, who commanded the local cavalry, one of Albinus' loyal friends, was assassinated.”

Annals I (5)

• child: Asinius Gallus “and possessed too the bold and haughty spirit of Asinius Pollio his father”

Annals II (15)

• rivals with Fonteius Agrippa “thanked Fonteius Agrippa and Asinius Pollio, that by offering their daughters, they contended in good offices towards the Commonwealth.”

Histories II.59-63

• friends with Albinus “Asinius Pollio, who commanded the local cavalry, one of Albinus' loyal friends, was assassinated.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.