Decimus Valerius Asiaticus
Roman consul in 35 and 46 AD / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Decimus Valerius Asiaticus (Legatus of Gallia Belgica).
Decimus Valerius Asiaticus (around 5 BC[1] – 47 AD,[2][3] Greek: Δέκιμος Οὐαλέριος Ἀσιατικός[1]) was a prominent Roman Senator[4] of provincial origin.[2] Asiaticus was twice consul: first in 35 as suffect consul with Aulus Gabinius Secundus as his colleague;[5] second in 46 as ordinary consul with Marcus Junius Silanus as his colleague.[6] He was the first man from Gaul to be admitted into the Roman Senate, as well as the first man from Gaul to attain the consulship.[7]