Gens: ASCONIUS
Created: 26th January 2014
Update:  28th May 2021
Status Republic: Patrician:     Pleb. Nobilis:       Senatorial:      Eques Romanus:      Local magistrate:  
Republican Family / Cognomen
Imperial Family / Cognomen
Imperators n/a
Consular n/a
Senatorial Modestus, Sardus
Equestrian Pedianus ?
Equestrian (mil) n/a
Local magistrat. n/a
Uncertain Labeo
Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors n/a
Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars) 1? excl. Labeo who received the ornamenta consularia
Notes: Asconii from Patavium in tribus Fabia in Transpadane Italy,
Discussion of whether L.? Cornelius Priscus (alias  Sex. Subrius Dexter Cornelius Priscus) is the same man as in some or all of the three following inscriptions. If
CIL V 7447 is in fact a funeral inscription, then he cannot be the same as CIL V 2824:
CIL V 2824 at Patavium "[ --- ] C. f. Fab. Sa[rdo --- ]/do P. Cesti[o --- / --- Su]brio Dextro / Ducenio [ --- / --- proco(n)]s(uli) provincia[e --- / --- ]+[ --- ]
CIL V 7447 at Forum Fulvii Valentia "[ --- Po]mponianus Secundus P. Cest[ius --- / --- ]ius11 Priscus Ducenius Proc[ulus --- / --- leg(atus) Imp(eratoris) 
Ca]es(aris) Nervae Traiani Aug(usti) legion[is ---, /--- sevir eq(uitum) R(omanorum)] turm(ae) VI, tribun(us) milit(um) legion(is) XXI Ra[pacis --- ]"
1985 inscription at Padua by Bassignano: "[ --- Po]mponiano [ --- / --- ]co Ducenio P[ --- / c]o(n)s(uli) (vac.) / [ --- XV]vir(o) sacr(is) fac(iundis), sod[al(i) --- / 
--- ]tr(icis)  p(iae) f(idelis) et VII Gem(inae) fid(elis), pra[et(ori) --- / --- X]viro stlitib(us) iudicand(is), [ --- / --- ]ni ex a[ere conlato]"
Literature Alföldy: Gallia Cisalpina (1999) p.297 (§16 Q. Asconius Gabinius Modestus), p.297-298 (§18 C. Asconius Sardus etc, CIL-V-2824; Pflaum thinks him related but not
 identical to Sex. Subrius Dexter Cornelius Priscus, cos suff 104), p.298 (§19 (Po)mponianus Secundus P. Cest[ius Cornel]ius Priscus Ducenius Proc[ulus]
CIL-V-7447, Pflaum believes him different from but related to §18)
Alföldy, Geza: "Senatoren aus Norditalien Regiones IX, X und XI", in Epigrafia e Ordine senatorio, 1982, p.338-339 [NOT AVAILABLE TO ME]
Andermahr, Anna Maria: "Totus in praediis. Senatorischer Grundbesitz in Italien in der Frühen und Hohen Kaiserzeit", Antiquitas Reihe 3, Band 37, Bonn 1998, p.166
(§63 Q. Asconius Gabinius Modestus, dedicator in Patavium), p.167 (§64 [C. Asconius] Sa[rdus Po]mponianus Secundus P. Cest[ius---Su]brius 
Dexter [---Cornel]ius Priscus Ducenius Proc[ulus], makes no decision on whether the three inscriptions are of the same man), p.435-436 (§495 Ti. Catius 
Asconius Silius Italicus, cos 68, nomen Asconius likely from mother following Syme)
Bassignano, M.S: "Iscrizioni romane nella chiesa di Ognissanti in Padova," in Atti e Memorie dell'Accademia Patavina di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Parte III,  vol. 97 , 
 1984/85, p.139-150 (new inscription at Patavium of consular can be identified with CIL-V-7447 and possibly with CIL-V-2824) [ARTICLE NOT 
AVAILABLE TO ME]
Corbier: Aerarium (1974) p.110-111 (§28 Q. Asconius Gabinius Modestus, praef aerar Saturn between 46 and 95, she proposes he could be the natural son of 
P. Gabinius Secundus, cos suff 35, or A. Gabinius Secundus, cos suff 43, adopted by a Q. Asconius from Patavium)
Eck: Fasten der Statthalter 2.teil, (1983), p.154, 210 (Sex. Subrius Dexter Cornelius Priscus, procos Asia 120/121; believes he is the same man as CIL-V-2824, 
but not CIL-V-7447, since this is a funeral inscription and the deceased legatus legionis of Trajan cannot be the procos.)
Eck, Werner: "Prokonsuln von Asia in der flavisch-traianischen Zeit", in ZPE Band 45, 1982, p.140-141 note 7 (Sex. Subrius Dexter Cornelius Priscus, procos 120/121, 
probably identical to CIL-V-2824 and CIL-V-7447)
Fitz: Pannonien (1993-1995) p.218-219 (§102 [C. Asconius ?] Sa[rdus Pom]ponianus Secundus P. Cestius [-- Su]brius Dexter [--ornel]ius Priscus 
Ducenius Proc[ulus], A1207, Fitz identifies him with Sex. Subrius Cornelius Priscus, cos suff c.104)
Franke: Legionslegaten (1991) p.299-300 (§131 man named in CIL-V-7447 as tr mil in XXI Rapax before 92 and leg leg 98/102)
Harrison: Official Priests of Rome in the Reigns of Trajan and Hadrian (1974) p.50-51 ( pont §34 L.? Cornelius Priscus, C1420, name now known to be a polyonymus)
Letta, Cesare: "L’Iscrione monumentale del Monginevro (Alpes Cottia)", in Studi Classici e Orientali , Vol. 64 (2018), pp. 323-338
(in scription in Alpes Cottiae dates the suffect consulate of (L.?) Cornelius Priscus to 102, not 104)
Letta, Cesare: "Ancora Sull’Iscrizione del Monginevro e sui Consoli del 102 D.C", in Studi Classici e Orientali , 2019, Vol. 65, No. 1 (2019), pp. 433-436
Nuorluoto, Tuomo: "Roman Female Cognomina, Studies in the Nomenclature of Roman Women", Uppsala, 2021, p.165 (gives ILS 6692 about Asconius Sardus
 and his sister)
Salomies: Nomenclature (1992) p.92-93 (Ti. Catius Asconius Silius Italicus, cos 68, Silius was main nomen)
Salomies: Nomenclature Addenda (2014) p.524 (Ti. Catius Asconius Silius Italicus, cos 68, probably a L. Silius adopted by a Ti. Catius)
Salomies "Some Published, But Not Very Well Known Latin Inscriptions", in Arctos VOL. XLVIII, 2014, p.323-325 (inscriptions CIL-V2824, CIL-V-7447 and the
 inscription by Bassignano) 
Schumacher: Prosopographische Untersuchungen 96-235 (1973) p.10 (pontifex §19 L. Cornelius Priscus, cos suff c.104)
Stevanato, Clara: "Senatori e memoria nell'epigrafia funeraria dell'Italia romana - (I secolo a.C. – III secolo d.C.)", thesis Universita Ca Foscari Venezia, 2019, p.281,
p. 285-288 (CIL V, 2824 at Patavium of C. Asconius Sardus Pomponianus Secundus P. Cestius Sex. Subrius Dexter Cornelius Priscus Ducenius Proculus, consul)
Syme, Ronald: "Eight Consuls from Patavium", in Papers of the British School at Rome, Vol. 51 (1983), p.107-110, 115-118, 121; also Roman Papers Vol.4, 1988, 
p.377-380, 389, 392-395 (the Asconii from Patavium incl. discussion of CIL-V-2824 (cf A1207) and CIL-V-7447, probably of the same polyonymus man. 
Q. Asconius Gabinius Modestus' nomen Gabinius could be from mother's side)
Syme, Ronald: "People in Pliny", in JRS 58, 1968, p.147, 150-151; also Roman Papers Vol.2, p.701, 721  (Sardus in Pliny IX, 31 may be C. Asconius Sardus)
Syme, Ronald: "Some Friends of the Caesars", in The American Journal of Philology , Vol. 77,  1956, p.269-270, also in Roman Papers Vol. 1, 1979, p.296
(Asconius Labeo, Nero's tutor)
Syme, Ronald: "The Ummidii", in Historia 17, 1968, pp.77-79, also in Roman Papers Vol.2 , 1979, p.664-666 (Ummidia C.f. Quadratilla Asconia Secunda)
Changes 2014.01.26 initial version
2021.05.28 New header, much expanded reference list plus many updates
REPUBLIC
IMPERIAL                                                                        
FOS108 A1206 RE3 ILS6692 CIL-V-2829 = ILS6692 A1205 RE2
(Asconia) Q. Asconius Pedianus C. (Asconius) Sardus Asconius Labeo (Asconia)
historian from Patavium, later emperors Nero's tutur,
~ C. Ummidius Durmius Quadratus * 9BC/3AD † 76/88 ~ Cusinia M.f. ornamenta consularia 54 ~ L. Silius
cos suff c.40 † aged 85
??  
       
V914 RE3 FOS830 D202 RE3 A1208 A1209 RE4 CIL-V-2848 S722 RE17 Stech29
Ummidia C.f. Quadratilla Asconia Secunda C. Ducenius Proculus C. Asconius C.f. Sardus   Asconia As]conius Q.f. Labeo Ti. Catius Asconius Silius Italicus
cos suff 87 trib Fabia, priestess of diva Domitilla  local pont, † aged 15 (also L. Silius Italicus)
IIII vir iure dicundo at Patavium, sub Flavians, probably a L. Silius adopted by a Ti. Catius
adopted praef fabrum ~ C. (Mustius) Augurinus from Patavium or Brixia, cos ord 68
 
RE Ducen4 Stech1232 CIL-V-7447      
A1204 RE1 CIL-V-2820 P685 RE3a A1207 RE Cestius 14+18   M759 RE3   S188 RE1 S720 RE14 S628 RE24
Q. Asconius Gabinius Modestus [C. Asconius] C.f. Sa[rdus? Pomponianus Secun?]dus  T. Mustius C.f. Hostilius Fabricius Medulla Augurinus Sardus L. Silius Decianus (Silius) Severus
from Patavium, adlectus inter praetorios, P. Cest[ius Cornel]ius Priscus Ducenius Proc[ulus] from Patavium friend of Pliny  cos suff 94 † 94
pr, procos,  trib Fab., tr mil XXI Rapax in Pann before 92  adlectus inter tribunios by Nerva 96/98, pr,  the Younger,
praef aerar Saturn 56/95 sevir equitum Romanorum turmae VI,   ~ Sab(inia) Quinta, FOS677 Plin. Ep. 9,31
? a Gabinius adopted by a Q. Asconius leg leg sub Trajan,
? = [Po]mponianus [Pris]cus Ducenius P[roculus]
leg leg VI Vic and VII Gem, XV vir sf, sodalis,
cos suff, from Patavium
C1420 RE Corn290 Rüpke1362 Stech162 Lamb43
? = Sex. Subrius Dexter (L.??) Cornelius Priscus
cos suff 104 (or 102?) procos Asia 120/121
UNCERTAIN DATE