[2] In 4 BC, Nonius Asprenas served as a military tribune in Syria under his uncle Varus.
[4] Hearing news of the disaster, he led his two legions down the River Rhine to protect the winter camps and rescue the survivors of the battle.
[5] The accusation did not hurt his career, for in AD 14/15, Nonius Asprenas won the sortition and became proconsular governor of Africa.
"[7] Following the trial and execution of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso in AD 20, Asprenas asked in the Senate why Claudius was not included in an official vote of thanks to those who pursued justice in the death of Germanicus.
She concludes, "Asprenas did not venture actually to propose the alteration of the vote of thanks, because he could not be sure how much support such a change would get, but his question showed a flag.