Pollio was a Roman cognomen
It should not be confused with the disease polio. The cognomen (plural cognomina) was originally the third name of an Ancient Roman in the Roman naming convention. Gaius Asinius Pollio (sometimes wrongly called Pollius or Philo) (75 BC &ndash AD 4 was a Roman Orator, Poet Gaius, or Caius Asinius Pollio, son of Gaius Asinius Gallus and Vipsania Agrippina, was a Roman politician Publius Vedius Pollio (d 15 BC was a Roman equestrian of the 1st century BC and a friend of the Roman emperor Augustus, who appointed him to a position Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born c 80–70 BC died after c 15 BC was a Roman Writer, Architect and Engineer (possibly praefectus fabrum Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via