Decimus Valerius Asiaticus

Decimus Valerius Asiaticus, also known as Valerius Asiaticus (around 5 BC-47,Greek: Δέκιμος Οὐαλέριος Ἀσιατικός) was a respected, wealthy and prominent Roman Senator of provincial origin. In Roman history, Asiaticus is a well-known person.

Asiaticus was of Allobrogian origin. He was born in Vienna in Gallia Narbonensis. Little is known on his family. Although he was from a wealthy family, an ancestor of Asiaticus received Roman citizenship from Gaius Valerius Flaccus who was the Roman Governor of Transalpine Gaul in 80 BC and seem to have inherited Flaccus’ name. Asiaticus had a brother who served as a Roman Senator until 47.

Asiaticus at a young age may had been sent to Rome to make a career. He was a cultivated man, renowned for his athleticism and he became close to the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He regularly attended the house of Antonia Minor the mother of Roman emperor Claudius and grandmother of the Roman emperor Caligula.

Asiaticus married the social, beautiful Roman noble woman Lollia Saturnina, whose younger sister Lollia Paulina was a Roman empress and the third wife of the Roman emperor Caligula. Saturnina was the first daughter of the suffect consul Marcus Lollius and the noble woman Volusia Saturnina, as she was a first cousin to Roman emperor Tiberius and his brother, the General Nero Claudius Drusus. Saturnina with Asiaticus had a son called Decimus Valerius Asiaticus. There is a possibility they may had other children.

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