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Biography
Axio belonged to the gens Axia, whose republican exponents were traditionally believed to originate in the city of Reate: the mention of the tribus Pollia to which members of the family allegedly related to Axio, however, seems to indicate a northern-italic origin. The members of the family related to Axio are Lucio Axio Nasone, a preemptive proconsul of Cyprus in 29/30, and perhaps his son Lucio Axio Nasone, attested as quaestor pro praetore in Betica in julio-claudia age (perhaps under Claudio or Nerone).

Not much is known of Axio's career. He was probably honored as Legatus Augusti pro praetore of prehistoric rank of the province of Galazia, perhaps under Caligula, between 38 and 41: the inscription that honors him also reports that Axio was part of the priestly college of fetiales.

The last known assignment of Axio sees him at the top of the Roman state: he was in fact a suffet consul with Tito Mussidio Polliano or in July-October 44 or in July-August 45.

Finally, it is known a marriage of all respect for Axio: his wife was in fact Statilia Cornelia, daughter of the ordinary console of 16 Sisenna Statilio Tauro and cousin of the ordinary consuls of 44 and 45, Tito Statilio Tauro and Tauro Statilio Corvino: it is strongly probable that the kinship with the Statilii Tauri has promoted the career of Axio - console in the years of the two not known children, of which.

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Bibliography

W. Eck, Miscellaneous prosopographica, in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 42 (1981), pp. 227-256, in particular 252-254.
A. Tortoriello, I fasti consolari degli anni di Claudio, Roma 2004, pp. 468-470.

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