Publius Nonius Asprenas Caesius Cassianus

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Publius Nonius Asprenas Caesius Cassianus was a Roman senator who was active in the first century. He was appointed suffect consul by Vespasian in either 72 or 73.[1] Cassianus is known only through inscriptions. He is identified as the son of Publius Nonius Asprenas Calpurnius Serranus, ordinary consul of 38.[2]

An inscription from Cilicia records his marking of boundaries of that province, designated as legatus pro praetore provinciae Ciliciae;[3] Werner Eck dates his tenure as legate, or governor, of this imperial province as extending from 72/73 to 74.[4] Since this date makes him the predecessor of , who is attested as governor in the year 77, Ronald Syme observed Cassianus is "the first governor of the new province established by Vespasian in 72."[5] Cassianus is also attested as proconsular governor of Asia, one of the most prestigious of governorships a Roman senator could hold, in 86/87.[6]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for A. D. 70-96", Classical Quarterly, 31 (1981), pp. 212, 220
  2. ^ Ladislav Vidman, "Zum Stemma der Nonii Asprenates", Listy filologické / Folia philologica, 105 (1982), pp. 1-5
  3. ^ AE 1966, 486
  4. ^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 291-293
  5. ^ Syme, "Legates of Cilicia under Trajan", Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, 18 (1969), p. 363
  6. ^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", p. 312
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