[4] Yet both identify this man as the praetorian legate or governor of Gallia Lugdunensis in AD 21, who suppressed a revolt by the Andecavi in Gaul.
[5] Syme notes that "praetorian governorships tend to proceed to the consulate", yet this Acilius Aviola vanishes from history soon after; unless he had died prematurely after his governorship, it would make sense that upon being adopted by a Gaius Calpurnius Piso he changed his name and continued his career under it.
If they are identical, then Aviola is the subject of a tale recorded by Pliny the Elder and Valerius Maximus.
Whereupon he is said to have come to life again, but due to the intensity of the flames, Aviola could not be rescued, and burned to death.
This must have occurred prior to the death of Tiberius in AD 37, since Valerius Maximus published his work during that emperor's reign.