him as an ‘eminent’ person. Saloninus was intended to marry one of the granddaughters of Emperor Tiberius. He died in 22. Servius Asinius Celer. He was consul suffectus in 38. From Emperor Caligula he purchased a fish at an enormous price. He is mentioned in Seneca's satire The Pumpkinification of Claudius, where he is listed among the many people killed by that emperor. His death probably occurred sometime before mid-47. Asinius Celer seems to have had a daughter by the name of Asinia Agrippina, though her existence is obscure. Lucius Asinius Gallus (sometimes wrongly called Gallo). In 46 he conspired with Titus Statilius Taurus Corvinus against Claudius and was forced to go into exile. Cassius Dio describes him as being "very small and ugly". Later rehabilitated, he became Consul in 62. Gnaeus Asinius. His existence is recorded by the townsfolk of Puteoli, whose patron he was. He may have been identical with Asinius Saloninus or the foregoing Asinius Gallus. Since the Asinius Gallus seems to have been the Lucius Asinius Gallus who became a Consul in 60, by exclusion of parts the Gnaeus Asinius must be the Asinius Saloninus. In fiction In the BBC television series I, Claudius, Gallus is portrayed by Charles Kay. In Lloyd C Douglas's novel The Robe, Gallus is furnished with a fictional daughter Diana, the love interest of the story. References Sources Syme, Ronald and Barbara M. Levick. "Asinius Gallus, Gaius." In Hornblower, Simon and Antony Spawforth, eds. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003. 191–192. External links Coinage of Gaius Asinius Gallus 1st-century BC births Year of birth uncertain 33 deaths 1st-century Romans Senators of the Roman Empire Imperial Roman consuls Roman governors of Asia Julio-Claudian dynasty Gallus, Gaius Deaths by starvation People who died in prison custody