The
nomenVibius is a patronymic surname, derived from the
praenomenVibius, which must have belonged to an ancestor of the gens. The name is generally regarded as an Oscan praenomen, and it is found extensively in
Campania, but it was also used in
Latium, and appears at Rome from a very early period, being used by the
patricianSestii, and occasionally by members of several prominent plebeian families. The Vibian gens itself was probably Oscan.[2]
The
cognomina of the Vibii under the Republic were Pansa and Varus, each of which occurs on coins. Both surnames derive from the physical characteristics of the persons to whom they originally applied; Pansa translates as "splay-footed", while Varus is "knock-kneed".[1][3]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Vibius Accuaeus, a native of
Accua, a village in
Apulia, led a
cohort of
Paelignian soldiers in the Roman army in 212 BC, during the Second Punic War, and fought with conspicuous bravery. It is not certain whether Vibius was his praenomen or his nomen.[4][5][6]
Vibius Paciacus, or perhaps Pacianus, gave refuge to
Crassus, who had fled to
Hispania to escape the proscriptions of
Marius and
Cinna in 86 BC.[7]
Gaius Vibius C. f. Pansa, a moneyer, and the adoptive father of the consul Pansa Caetronianus.[8]
Vibius, a man who bore a great resemblance to
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, and was frequently mistaken for the general.[9][10]
Vibius Curius,[i] one of the commanders of
Caesar's cavalry at the beginning of the
Civil War. Several of Pompeius' generals went over to Caesar, and were accepted by Curius. He is probably the same Vibius who gave Cicero the books of the poet
Alexander Lychnus.[14][15][16][17]
Gaius Vibius Serenus, one of the accusers of
Marcus Scribonius Libo in AD 16. He was governor of
Hispania Ulterior in 23, when he was condemned and exiled to the island of
Amorgus in the
Cyclades, on a charge of vis publica, riot or revolt, but in reality because he was an enemy of
Sejanus. He was recalled the following year, after his own son accused him of plotting against
Tiberius, but was subsequently returned to Amorgus.[30][31]
Gaius Vibius C. f. Marsus, consul suffectus from the Kalends of July in AD 17, and probably governor of
Africa around AD 20. He was later accused of being one of the accomplices of
Albucilla, but escaped condemnation by the death of Tiberius in 37. He was governor of
Syria in 47.[32][28][29][33][34]
Gaius Vibius C. f. Serenus, accused his exiled father of having plotted against Tiberius, together with Caecilius Cornutus, a former
praetor. Cornutus took his own life before trial, but the elder Serenus vehemently proclaimed his innocence, and under torture his slaves supported him. The younger Serenus became a notorious delator, but his accusation of
Gaius Fonteius Capito was not believed.[36]
Vibius Fronto, commander of the cavalry in
Cilicia, captured
Vonones, the deposed King of
Parthia, during the latter's flight to
Armenia in AD 19.[37]
Vibia, or Vibidia, the wife of
Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, consul in AD 32, was exiled by
Claudius in AD 53, along with her son, Lucius Arruntius Furius Scribonianus, on a charge of having consulted astrologers to determine the date of the emperor's death.[39]
Lucius Vibius (L. f.) Secundus, probably the elder brother of Quintus Vibius Crispus.
Quintus Vibius (L. f.) Crispus, afterward
Lucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus, a wealthy orator of considerable talent, was consul suffectus under
Nero in AD 63 or 64, proconsul of Africa in 72 and 73, and consul for the second time in AD 74, with the future emperor
Titus, from the Ides of March to the Ides of May. He received a third consulship under
Domitian, in 82 or 83. Tacitus suggests that he gained his fortune as a delator in the reign of Nero.[40][41][42][43]
Gaius Vibius C. f. Volusianus, the son of Trebonianus Gallus, was proclaimed emperor alongside his father, following the death of
Hostilian in 251. Volusianus was slain along with his father in 253.[60][61]
Vibia Galla, the daughter of Trebonianus Gallus.
Vibius Passienus, according to
Trebellius Pollio,
proconsul of Africa during the reign of
Gallienus. He is said to have proclaimed
Titus Cornelius Celsus, a former
military tribune, emperor, during the unrest of AD 265. The rebellion was quashed, and Celsus slain, within a week. The historicity of the entire episode is doubted by modern scholars.[66][67]
Vibius Sequester, the author of a treatise naming and briefly describing various geographical features found in Roman poets, including rivers, springs, lakes, woods, swamps, and mountains. He may have borrowed from
Servius, which would place him in the fifth century.
^Bastianini, "Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto", p. 280.
^
abSmallwood, Principates of Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian.
^Atti del Colloquio internazionale AIEGL su epigrafia e ordine senatorio, Roma, 14-20 maggio 1981. Vol. 2. Edizioni di storia e letteratura. 1982. pp. 264, 938.
^Craven, Maxwell (2019). The Imperial Families of Ancient Rome. Fonthill Media.
^Settipani, Christian (2000). Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale mythe et réalité (in Italian). Unit for Prosopographical Research, Linacre College, University of Oxford. p. 185.
Lucius Annaeus Florus, Epitome de T. Livio Bellorum Omnium Annorum DCC (Epitome of Livy: All the Wars of Seven Hundred Years).
Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus (
Cassius Dio), Roman History.
Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Augustan History).
Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae (Abridgement of the History of Rome).
Anne Claude de Caylus, Recueil d'Antiquités Égyptiennes, Étrusques, Greques, Romaines et Gauloises (Collection of Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek, Roman, and Gallic Antiquities), Paris (1752–1755).
Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum Veterum (The Study of Ancient Coins, 1792–1798).
E. Mary Smallwood, Documents Illustrating the Principates of Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian, Cambridge University Press (1966).
G. V. Sumner, "The Lex Annalis under Caesar", in Phoenix, vol. 25, No. 3 (1971).
Paul A. Gallivan, "Some Comments on the Fasti for the Reign of Nero", in Classical Quarterly, vol. 24, pp. 290–311 (1974), "The Fasti for the Reign of Claudius", in Classical Quarterly, vol. 28, pp. 407–426 (1978), "The Fasti for A.D. 70–96", in Classical Quarterly, vol. 31, pp. 186–220 (1981).
A.L.F. Rivet, Gallia Narbonensis, Batsford, London (1988).
Olli Salomies, Adoptive and Polyonymous Nomenclature in the Roman Empire, Societas Scientiarum Fennica, Helsinki (1992).
Werner Eck, Paul Holder, and Andreas Pangerl, "A Diploma for the Army of Britain in 132 and Hadrian's Return to Rome from the East", in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, vol. 194 (2010).
Alison E. Cooley, The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy, Cambridge University Press (2012).
Emily Hemelrijk and
Greg Woolf, Women and the Roman City in the Latin West, Brill (2013).
The
nomenVibius is a patronymic surname, derived from the
praenomenVibius, which must have belonged to an ancestor of the gens. The name is generally regarded as an Oscan praenomen, and it is found extensively in
Campania, but it was also used in
Latium, and appears at Rome from a very early period, being used by the
patricianSestii, and occasionally by members of several prominent plebeian families. The Vibian gens itself was probably Oscan.[2]
The
cognomina of the Vibii under the Republic were Pansa and Varus, each of which occurs on coins. Both surnames derive from the physical characteristics of the persons to whom they originally applied; Pansa translates as "splay-footed", while Varus is "knock-kneed".[1][3]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Vibius Accuaeus, a native of
Accua, a village in
Apulia, led a
cohort of
Paelignian soldiers in the Roman army in 212 BC, during the Second Punic War, and fought with conspicuous bravery. It is not certain whether Vibius was his praenomen or his nomen.[4][5][6]
Vibius Paciacus, or perhaps Pacianus, gave refuge to
Crassus, who had fled to
Hispania to escape the proscriptions of
Marius and
Cinna in 86 BC.[7]
Gaius Vibius C. f. Pansa, a moneyer, and the adoptive father of the consul Pansa Caetronianus.[8]
Vibius, a man who bore a great resemblance to
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, and was frequently mistaken for the general.[9][10]
Vibius Curius,[i] one of the commanders of
Caesar's cavalry at the beginning of the
Civil War. Several of Pompeius' generals went over to Caesar, and were accepted by Curius. He is probably the same Vibius who gave Cicero the books of the poet
Alexander Lychnus.[14][15][16][17]
Gaius Vibius Serenus, one of the accusers of
Marcus Scribonius Libo in AD 16. He was governor of
Hispania Ulterior in 23, when he was condemned and exiled to the island of
Amorgus in the
Cyclades, on a charge of vis publica, riot or revolt, but in reality because he was an enemy of
Sejanus. He was recalled the following year, after his own son accused him of plotting against
Tiberius, but was subsequently returned to Amorgus.[30][31]
Gaius Vibius C. f. Marsus, consul suffectus from the Kalends of July in AD 17, and probably governor of
Africa around AD 20. He was later accused of being one of the accomplices of
Albucilla, but escaped condemnation by the death of Tiberius in 37. He was governor of
Syria in 47.[32][28][29][33][34]
Gaius Vibius C. f. Serenus, accused his exiled father of having plotted against Tiberius, together with Caecilius Cornutus, a former
praetor. Cornutus took his own life before trial, but the elder Serenus vehemently proclaimed his innocence, and under torture his slaves supported him. The younger Serenus became a notorious delator, but his accusation of
Gaius Fonteius Capito was not believed.[36]
Vibius Fronto, commander of the cavalry in
Cilicia, captured
Vonones, the deposed King of
Parthia, during the latter's flight to
Armenia in AD 19.[37]
Vibia, or Vibidia, the wife of
Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, consul in AD 32, was exiled by
Claudius in AD 53, along with her son, Lucius Arruntius Furius Scribonianus, on a charge of having consulted astrologers to determine the date of the emperor's death.[39]
Lucius Vibius (L. f.) Secundus, probably the elder brother of Quintus Vibius Crispus.
Quintus Vibius (L. f.) Crispus, afterward
Lucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus, a wealthy orator of considerable talent, was consul suffectus under
Nero in AD 63 or 64, proconsul of Africa in 72 and 73, and consul for the second time in AD 74, with the future emperor
Titus, from the Ides of March to the Ides of May. He received a third consulship under
Domitian, in 82 or 83. Tacitus suggests that he gained his fortune as a delator in the reign of Nero.[40][41][42][43]
Gaius Vibius C. f. Volusianus, the son of Trebonianus Gallus, was proclaimed emperor alongside his father, following the death of
Hostilian in 251. Volusianus was slain along with his father in 253.[60][61]
Vibia Galla, the daughter of Trebonianus Gallus.
Vibius Passienus, according to
Trebellius Pollio,
proconsul of Africa during the reign of
Gallienus. He is said to have proclaimed
Titus Cornelius Celsus, a former
military tribune, emperor, during the unrest of AD 265. The rebellion was quashed, and Celsus slain, within a week. The historicity of the entire episode is doubted by modern scholars.[66][67]
Vibius Sequester, the author of a treatise naming and briefly describing various geographical features found in Roman poets, including rivers, springs, lakes, woods, swamps, and mountains. He may have borrowed from
Servius, which would place him in the fifth century.
^Bastianini, "Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto", p. 280.
^
abSmallwood, Principates of Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian.
^Atti del Colloquio internazionale AIEGL su epigrafia e ordine senatorio, Roma, 14-20 maggio 1981. Vol. 2. Edizioni di storia e letteratura. 1982. pp. 264, 938.
^Craven, Maxwell (2019). The Imperial Families of Ancient Rome. Fonthill Media.
^Settipani, Christian (2000). Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale mythe et réalité (in Italian). Unit for Prosopographical Research, Linacre College, University of Oxford. p. 185.
Lucius Annaeus Florus, Epitome de T. Livio Bellorum Omnium Annorum DCC (Epitome of Livy: All the Wars of Seven Hundred Years).
Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus (
Cassius Dio), Roman History.
Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Augustan History).
Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae (Abridgement of the History of Rome).
Anne Claude de Caylus, Recueil d'Antiquités Égyptiennes, Étrusques, Greques, Romaines et Gauloises (Collection of Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek, Roman, and Gallic Antiquities), Paris (1752–1755).
Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum Veterum (The Study of Ancient Coins, 1792–1798).
E. Mary Smallwood, Documents Illustrating the Principates of Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian, Cambridge University Press (1966).
G. V. Sumner, "The Lex Annalis under Caesar", in Phoenix, vol. 25, No. 3 (1971).
Paul A. Gallivan, "Some Comments on the Fasti for the Reign of Nero", in Classical Quarterly, vol. 24, pp. 290–311 (1974), "The Fasti for the Reign of Claudius", in Classical Quarterly, vol. 28, pp. 407–426 (1978), "The Fasti for A.D. 70–96", in Classical Quarterly, vol. 31, pp. 186–220 (1981).
A.L.F. Rivet, Gallia Narbonensis, Batsford, London (1988).
Olli Salomies, Adoptive and Polyonymous Nomenclature in the Roman Empire, Societas Scientiarum Fennica, Helsinki (1992).
Werner Eck, Paul Holder, and Andreas Pangerl, "A Diploma for the Army of Britain in 132 and Hadrian's Return to Rome from the East", in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, vol. 194 (2010).
Alison E. Cooley, The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy, Cambridge University Press (2012).
Emily Hemelrijk and
Greg Woolf, Women and the Roman City in the Latin West, Brill (2013).