 Asiaticus disappears from history after his consulate.The Year of Four Emperors followed immediately upon his consulate, and Vitellius was notorious for having one of Asiaticus' cousins, Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, murdered partly because the emperor Galba had considered Dolabella as his successor; Asiaticus' similar closeness would have made him a similar risk.However, since our knowledge of the times is incomplete, anything from a premature death to a successful senatorial career and numerous children is equally possible.