Publius Vinicius

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Publius Vinicius was a Roman senator active during the reigns of Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius. He was the son of Marcus Vinicius (consul 19 BC).[1]

Vinicius was suffect consul in AD 2 and was an imperial legate in Macedonia and Thracia. There he commanded a legion as military tribune under Lucius Calpurnius Piso.[2][3]

His son was Marcus Vinicius, who was consul in AD 30 and 45.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ronald Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p. 426
  2. ^ Syme, Aristocracy, p. 289
  3. ^ Velleius Paterculus, The Roman History, II.101.3
  4. ^ Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani Saec I. II. III. part 3, (1987) Berlin. pp. 436-437.
Political offices
Preceded by
Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus
Consul of the Roman Empire together with Alfenus Varus
AD 2
Succeeded by
Lucius Aelius Lamia and Marcus Servilius