Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus

Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus (Greek: Λούκιος Βιβούλιος Ίππαρχος) was a Greek aristocrat who lived in the second half of the 1st century AD and the first half of the 2nd century AD in the Roman Empire.

Hipparchus was a Greek of Athenian descent and was a member of a very wealthy family who were prominent in Athens.[1] He was the son of the Athenian aristocrats, Claudia Alcia and Lucius Vibullius Rufus.[2][1] He had a sister called Vibullia Alcia Agrippina[2][1] who married their uncle the Roman Senator Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes.[2][1][3] His known grandparent is his maternal grandfather the Athenian Aristocrat Hipparchus.[2] Hipparchus was born and raised in Athens. Hipparchus served as an Archon of Athens in 118-9.[4]

Hipparchus married an unknown Greek woman by whom he had a son called Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus[2][1] who served as Archon of Athens in 143-144;[5] another possible son could be Vibullius Polydeukion.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Day, An economic history of Athens under Roman domination p. 243
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Graindor, Un milliardaire antique p. 29
  3. ↑ Wilson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece p. 349
  4. ↑ Alan E. Samuel, Greek and Roman Chronology (Muenchen: Beck'sche, 1972), p. 231
  5. ↑ Samuel, Greek and Roman Chronology, p. 232

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