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'''Cassius Asclepiodotus''' was a wealthy man from [[Nicaea]], [[Bithynia]], who was stripped of his property and driven into exile by [[Nero]] in AD 67, because he had continued to speak admiringly of the proconsul [[Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus]] even after his disgrace and suicide. He was later restored by [[Galba]].<ref>[[Tacitus]], ''Annals'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Tac.+Ann.+16.33 16.33, [[Cassius Dio]], ''Roman History'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html#26 62.26]</ref>
'''Cassius Asclepiodotus''' was a wealthy man from [[Nicaea]], [[Bithynia]], who was stripped of his property and driven into exile by [[Nero]] in AD 67, because he had continued to speak admiringly of the proconsul [[Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus]] even after his disgrace and suicide. He was later restored by [[Galba]].<ref>[[Tacitus]], ''Annals'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Tac.+Ann.+16.33 16.33]; [[Cassius Dio]], ''Roman History'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html#26 62.26]</ref>


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For others of the same name, see Asclepiodotus

Cassius Asclepiodotus was a wealthy man from Nicaea, Bithynia, who was stripped of his property and driven into exile by Nero in AD 67, because he had continued to speak admiringly of the proconsul Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus even after his disgrace and suicide. He was later restored by Galba.[1]

References

  1. Tacitus, Annals 16.33; Cassius Dio, Roman History 62.26