He became
suffect consul in 8 AD, and was a military commander active during the reign of
Tiberius. Apronius shared in the achievements of
Gaius Vibius Postumus and earned the
ornamenta triumphalia for his distinguished valor in the
Dalmatian revolt and the
Germanic Wars, along with
Aulus Caecina Severus and
Gaius Silius in 15 AD. Once back in Rome, Apronius led a motion in the year 22 AD in the
Senate that decreed that votive offerings should be made due to the successful prosecution of
Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, accused of murdering
Germanicus in 20 AD. In the year 23 AD, Apronius (along with a former proconsul of Africa,
Lucius Aelius Lamia) vouched for the innocence of a man accused of supplying grain to
Numidian insurgent
Tacfarinas. However, as proconsul of Africa at the time, Apronius also severely punished a
cohort of
Legio III Augusta for their defeat at Tacfarinas' hands with
decimation. In 28AD, as a
legatus of
Lower Germany in modern-day
Belgium, Apronius led the combined forces from
Upper Germany in the
siege of a Roman fort, and soon defeated the Frisii in a pitched battle near the
sacred grove of
Baduhenna. == Descendants ==