Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus

Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus[1][2] was a Greek Aristocrat that lived in the second half of the 1st century and the first half of the 2nd century in the Roman Empire.

Hipparchus 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 the Athenian Aristocrats, Claudia Alcia and Lucius Vibullius Rufus.[1][2] He had a sister called Vibullia Alcia Agrippina[1][2] who married their uncle the Roman Senator Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes.[1][2][3] His known grandparent is his maternal grandfather the Athenian Aristocrat Hipparchus.[1] Hipparchus was born and raised in Athens. Hipparchus served as an Archon of Athens in 99-100.[4]

Hipparchus married an unnamed Greek woman by whom he had a son called Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus[1][2] who served as an Archon of Athens in 143-144[4] and could have another possible son called Vibullius Polydeukion.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Graindor, Un milliardaire antique p. 29
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Day, An economic history of Athens under Roman domination p. 243
  3. ↑ Wilson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece p. 349
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Greece; From Myth to History, sleeppinbuff.com

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