person
Gaius Asinius Pollio
Asinius Pollio
also: Pollio
Soldier, orator, and historian (76 BC-AD 4) who sheltered Timagenes after Augustus barred him from court.
Reading notes
- On Anger §3.23 Asinius Pollio
Orator and historian (76 BC-AD 4) who sheltered Timagenes after his fall from favor.
- On Tranquility of Mind §17.7 Asinius Pollio
Gaius Asinius Pollio (76 BC--AD 4), statesman, orator, and historian, who let no business hold him past the tenth hour.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §16.100.7 Asinius Pollio
Gaius Asinius Pollio (76 BC–AD 4), soldier, statesman, historian, and orator, founder of Rome's first public library; here a byword for a rugged, abrupt prose rhythm contrasted with Cicero's.