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 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

  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
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