Plebeian family name, documented in Rome since the 1st cent. BC (on the derivation of asinus [1], on Etruscan parallels [2]). The family, whose most famous name-bearer was Asinus Pollio, originally came from Teate Marrucinorum (modern Chieti), was a member of the patrician class since the Augustan period and was particularly prominent in the 1st cent. AD.
I. Republic
[I 1] A. Senator (mid-1st cent. BC)
Senator, supporter of Antony at Mutina in 43 BC (Cic. Phil. 13, 28).
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