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Decimus Valerius Asiaticus (35-after 69 AD) was a Roman Senator who served as a Legatus of Gallia Belgica.〔Bowman, ''The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 10'', p.273〕 ==Family Background & Early Life== Asiaticus was of Praetorian rank.〔Bowman, ''The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 10'', p.273〕 He was the son born to the Roman Senator, consul Decimus Valerius Asiaticus〔(The Roman World: Gallia Narbonensis's Urbs of Vienna )〕 and the Roman noblewoman Lollia Saturnina. There is a possibility he may have had other siblings. He and along with his family were originated from Vienna,〔Morgan, ''69 AD: The Year of Four Emperors'', p.149〕 Gallia Narbonensis. The father of Asiaticus was of Allobrogian origin〔(Decimus Valerius Asiaticus: A notable Gallo-Roman from Vienna in the 1st century, translated from French to English )〕 and his political career was a contemporary of the rule of the Roman emperors Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius. His father was a respected,〔Alston, ''Aspects of Roman History AD 14-117'', p.92〕 wealthy, and prominent Roman Senator.〔Wiseman, ''Talking to Virgil: A Miscellany'', p.75〕 The elder Asiaticus in 35 served as a suffect consul and again in 46, served as an ordinary consul.〔(Decimus Valerius Asiaticus: page 194, by P.J. Sijpesteijn of University of Amsterdam, 1989 )〕 He was the first citizen from Vienna to become consul,〔(Decimus Valerius Asiaticus: page 194, by P.J. Sijpesteijn of University of Amsterdam, 1989 )〕 the first man from Gaul to attain the consulship〔Freisenbruch, ''The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars'', p.131〕 and became the first man from Gaul to be admitted into the Roman Senate.〔(Decimus Valerius Asiaticus: A notable Gallo-Roman from Vienna in the 1st century, translated from French to English )〕 The elder Asiaticus had a brother who served as a Roman Senator until 47.〔(Decimus Valerius Asiaticus: A notable Gallo-Roman from Vienna in the 1st century, translated from French to English )〕 The mother of Asiaticus was the social, beautiful woman Lollia Saturnina,〔Wiseman, ''Talking to Virgil: A Miscellany'', p.75〕 whose younger sister Lollia Paulina was a Roman empress and the third wife of the Roman emperor Caligula.〔Freisenbruch, '' The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars'', p.131〕 Saturnina was the first daughter of the suffect consul Marcus Lollius and the noble woman Volusia Saturnina,〔(Lollius by D.C. O’Driscoll )〕 as she was a first cousin to Roman emperor Tiberius and his brother, the General Nero Claudius Drusus.〔(After Actium: Two Caesars Are Not Enough: Chapter LXXXVII: The Trials of Livia Valeria )〕 Although Asiaticus was the namesake of his father and through Roman citizenship he was a member of the gens Valeria, through his mother he also had relations to that gens. His maternal grandfather Marcus Lollius, was the son born to the Roman Politician and Military Officer Marcus Lollius〔(Marcus Lollius’ article at Livius.org )〕 from his wife Valeria.〔(Genealogy of M. Lollius by D.C. O’Driscoll )〕 Valeria was one of the daughters of the literary patron, consul Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus and a sister to the Roman Senators Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus and Marcus Aurelius Cotta Maximus Messalinus.〔(Genealogy of M. Lollius by D.C. O’Driscoll )〕 His father was murdered on the orders of the Roman empress Valeria Messalina in 47〔Alston, ''Aspects of Roman History AD 14-117'', p.92〕 and was later raised by his mother. Little is known on his early life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Decimus Valerius Asiaticus (Legatus)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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