Quintus Vibius Secundus

Quintus Vibius Secundus was a suffect consul of the Roman Empire in the year 86.

Family

Secundus came from a family of Roman Equestrian order and by birth he was of the gens Vibia. His mother was a Roman noblewoman called Junia, who came from the Junius (gens). Secundus’ brother was the influential Politician Lucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus. Secundus was born and raised in Rome. There is a possibility that Secundus could be related to suffect consul Lucius Vibius Sabinus, father of the Roman Empress Vibia Sabina.

Career

In late 59, Secundus was convicted for extortion on a charge brought by the Mauretanians and was expelled from Italy. His brother Crispus through his influence in the Roman Senate manage to save Secundus from a worse sentence. Secundus served as a suffect consul in 86 and in 113 served as Proconsul in the Province of Asia.

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