Gaius Asinius Quadratus Protimus
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Gaius Asinius Quadratus Protimus or Gaius Protimus Quadratus Asinius (ca. 165 - aft. 235) was the Proconsul
of Achaea
ca. 211 or in 220.
He was the brother of Gaius Asinius Rufus, son of Gaius Asinius Nicomachus and wife and cousin Julia Quadratilla (or perhaps Asinia Marcellina, descendant of the family of Gaius Asinius Pollio
) and paternal grandson of Gaius Asinius Rufus
and wife Julia.
He married and was the father of Gaius Asinius Nicomachus Julianus
, Proconsul
of Asia between ca. 225 and ca. 230.
Proconsul
A proconsul was a governor of a province in the Roman Republic appointed for one year by the senate. In modern usage, the title has been used for a person from one country ruling another country or bluntly interfering in another country's internal affairs.-Ancient Rome:In the Roman Republic, a...
of Achaea
Achaea (Roman province)
Achaea, or Achaia, was a province of the Roman Empire, consisting of the Peloponnese, eastern Central Greece and parts of Thessaly. It bordered on the north by the provinces of Epirus vetus and Macedonia...
ca. 211 or in 220.
He was the brother of Gaius Asinius Rufus, son of Gaius Asinius Nicomachus and wife and cousin Julia Quadratilla (or perhaps Asinia Marcellina, descendant of the family of Gaius Asinius Pollio
Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul AD 23)
Gaius Asinius Pollio, son of Gaius Asinius Gallus and Vipsania Agrippina, was a Roman politician.He was consul in AD 23 alongside Gaius Antistius Vetus. We know from his coins he was proconsul of Asia. Through his mother he was the half-brother of the younger Drusus...
) and paternal grandson of Gaius Asinius Rufus
Gaius Asinius Rufus
Gaius Asinius Rufus 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 , monet. of Phrygia between 98 and 116....
and wife Julia.
He married and was the father of Gaius Asinius Nicomachus Julianus
Gaius Asinius Nicomachus Julianus
Gaius Asinius Nicomachus Julianus was the Proconsul of Asia between ca 225 and ca 230. He was the son of Gaius Asinius Quadratus Protimus, Proconsul in Achaea in 220....
, Proconsul
Proconsul
A proconsul was a governor of a province in the Roman Republic appointed for one year by the senate. In modern usage, the title has been used for a person from one country ruling another country or bluntly interfering in another country's internal affairs.-Ancient Rome:In the Roman Republic, a...
of Asia between ca. 225 and ca. 230.
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