Gaius Asinius Pollio

For the 1st-century consul, see Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 23).
Gaius Asinius Pollio
Imaginary portrait of Pollio by Giovanni Marco Pitteri
Born75 BC
Teate Marrucinorum (modern Chieti, Italy)
DiedAD 4 (age 79)
Possibly in Tusculum, Latium
OccupationSoldier, politician
LanguageClassical Latin
CitizenshipRoman
PeriodLate 1st century BC
GenreHistory
Literary movementAugustan literature
Notable worksLost historical works
SpouseQuinctia
ChildrenAsinia and Gaius Asinius Gallus
RelativesGnaeus Asinius Pollio (father)

Gaius Asinius Pollio (75 BC – AD 4) was a Roman soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic, and historian, whose lost contemporaneous history provided much of the material used by the historians Appian and Plutarch. Pollio was most famously a patron of Virgil and a friend of Horace; poems to him were dedicated by both men.

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