Vettius Gratus

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Vettius Gratus was a Roman politician and senator .

The Gratus official career is unknown. Gratus became full consul with the Emperor Decius in 250 .

Gratus probably came from an Italian family, his father was probably Gaius Vettius Gratus Sabinianus , consul in 221. Vettius Gratus was also probably related to Gaius Vettius Gratus Atticus Sabinianus , the consul of 242: According to Prosopographia Imperii Romani , the two brothers were loud Michel Christol, on the other hand, is cousins.

literature

  • Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR) ² V 471. (Overview of the inscriptions and other evidence) with family tree on p. 254.
  • Michel Christol : Essai sur l'évolution des carrières sénatoriales dans la 2 e moitié du III e s. ap. JC (= Études prosopographiques. Volume VI). Nouvelles Éditions Latines, Paris 1986, ISBN 2-7233-0307-1 , pp. 255–262 (especially discussion of family relationships).
personal data
SURNAME Vettius Gratus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION roman consul 250
DATE OF BIRTH before 250
DATE OF DEATH after 250