Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus

Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus [1][2] was a Greek aristocrat who lived in the 2nd century in the Roman Empire.

Aelius Rufus was a Greek of Athenian descent and was a member of a very wealthy family who were prominent in Athens.[2] He was the son of Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus who served as an Archon of Athens[3] in 118-9 and his unnamed Greek wife. His paternal grandparents were the Athenian Aristocrats, Claudia Alcia and Lucius Vibullius Rufus,[1][2] while his paternal aunt was Vibullia Alcia Agrippina[2][4] and paternal uncle was the Roman Senator Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes.[2][5] His paternal cousins was the prominent Greek Sophist Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes; his brother Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodianus and his sister Claudia Tisamenis.[6] Aelius Rufus was born and raised in Athens.

Aelius Rufus served as an Archon of Athens in 143-144.[7] Aelius Rufus married an unnamed Greek woman, by whom he had a son called Lucius Vibullius Rufus.[1]

References
  1. Graindor, P., Un milliardaire antique p. 29
  2. Day, J., An economic history of Athens under Roman domination p. 243
  3. Alan E. Samuel, Greek and Roman Chronology (Muenchen: Beck'sche, 1972), p. 231
  4. Graindor, Un milliardaire antique p. 29
  5. Graindor, P., Un milliardaire antique p. 29
  6. Pomeroy, S. B., The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity
  7. Samuel, Greek and Roman Chronology, p. 232

Sources
  • Day, J., An economic history of Athens under Roman domination, Ayers Company Publishers, 1973
  • Graindor, P., Un milliardaire antique, Ayers Company Publishers, 1979
  • Pomeroy, S.B., The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity, Harvard University Press, 2007
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