Publius Vinicius
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 ordinary consul in AD 2 with Alfenus Varus, and was an imperial legate for 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
- ^ Ronald Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p. 426
- ^ Syme, Aristocracy, p. 289
- ^ Velleius Paterculus, The Roman History, II.101.3
- ^ Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani Saec I. II. III. part 3, (1987) Berlin. pp. 436-437.
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