Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas (suffect consul) (original) (raw)

Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas was a Roman senator of the early Roman Empire, who flourished under the reigns of Nero and Vespasian. He was suffect consul around the year 78. Asprenas is commonly identified as the son of the senator Asprenas Calpurnius Torquatus. His father was awarded the cognomen "Torquatus" and a golden torque by the emperor Augustus when he fell from his horse in the . As the cognomen was hereditary, it came to be part of Asprenas' name, and appears as part of the names of his descendants.