Lucius Vitellius (son)
Lucius Vitellius (born September 24, 15 , † July 11, 69 probably in Rome ) was a Roman politician and brother of the emperor Aulus Vitellius .
Life
Lucius Vitellius was a son of the three-time consul of the same name and his wife Sextilia . He was married to Iunia Calvina , a descendant of Augustus , from whom he divorced before 49 in order to marry a woman named Triaria. In 48 he was the successor of his brother Aulus, who later became emperor, and a suffect consul . 61/62 he succeeded him in the proconsulate of the province of Africa . In 69, Lucius Vitellius was in Rome and had to accompany the emperor Otho to Mutina with other senators . After the Battle of Bedriacum , in which Aulus Vitellius defeated Otho, Lucius hurried from Bononia to Lugdunum , where his brother was staying.
As a senator, he was spokesman against the later Vespasian had converted commander Aulus Caecina Alienus and against Junius Blaesus, a grandson of Junius Blaesus , the uncle of Sejanus had been. Vitellius was able to get the Junius Blaesus removed. While his brother was fighting against Vespasian, the future emperor, Lucius was sent to Campania ; there he besieged the city of Tarracina and finally destroyed it. After Aulus Vitellius had been deposed as emperor and killed in 69, Lucius, who was returning to Rome, was captured in Bovillae and executed shortly afterwards.
literature
- Werner Eck : Vitellius II 4th In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/2, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01487-8 , Col. 262 f.
- Steven H. Rutledge: Imperial Inquisitions. Prosecutors and informants from Tiberius to Domitian . Routledge, London 2001, ISBN 0-415-23700-9 , pp. 288-290 .
- Gerhard Winkler: Vitellius II.4. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, column 1306 f.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vitellius, Lucius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician, brother of the Emperor Aulus Vitellius |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24th 15 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 69 |