Decimus Valerius Asiaticus (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Decimus Valerius Asiaticus (?-47) was the husband of Lollia Saturnina, the sister of Caligula' third wife, Lollia Paulina, was twice a Roman consul (35 and 46 AD), resigning early from his second suffect consulship, according to Dio Cassius (60.27]), in order to avoid becoming involved in the conspiracies of the court-a fruitless effort, as it would prove. Of Allobrogian Gallic origin, Asiaticus was the first Narbonian Gaul to be admitted to the Senate. His rise to the top in politics may have stemmed from his powerful friends with Gallic connections, including Claudius' mother Antonia (Tacitus, Annales 11.2), who had given birth to Claudius in Lugdunum-today's Lyons, Gaul (Suetonius, The Deified Claudius ). A longtime friend of the Emperor Claudius (Ann. 11.3), Asiaticus had a brilliant consular career, amassing so much wealth that he acquired the luxurious villa and vast park like gardens in Rome, which had been created, ca. 60 BC, by the sybaritic consular, L. Licinius Lucullus.