The gens Asinia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which rose to prominence during the first century BC.
The first member of this gens mentioned in history is Herius Asinius, commander of the Marrucini during the Social War.
[5] The main praenomina of the Asinii at Rome were Gaius and Gnaeus, to which they sometimes added other names, including Marcus, Lucius, Servius, and Quintus.
Celer, swift, belongs to a large class of surnames describing an individual's habits or physical characteristics.
[7][8] The other stirps of the Asinii, with the cognomen Rufus, originally indicating someone with red hair, appears in imperial times, and may well have been related to the Polliones.