Vitellius (family)
Vitellius was a family of the Roman Empire . The name was formed as a diminutive of the cognomen vitulus . The name appears in inscriptions as Vitullius .
Members of the family were:
- Aulus Vitellius, praetor under Tiberius ,
- Aulus Vitellius , emperor in the year of the four emperors ,
- Lucius Vitellius , senator and three-time consul , father of the emperor,
- Lucius Vitellius , Senator, son of the previous one,
- Marcus Flavius Vitellius Seleucus , Consul 221
- Publius Vitellius, knight from Luceria ,
- Publius Vitellius , his son, proconsul of Bithynia and accuser of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso ,
- Quintus Vitellius, prefectus aerarii militaris ,
- Vitellius Germanicus , son of the emperor from Galeria Fundana ,
- Vitellia , daughter of the emperor from Galeria Fundana ,
- Vitellius Petronianus , son of the emperor by his first wife Petronia .
literature
- Gerhard Winkler : Vitellius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Sp. 1303-1307.