ThenomenVibius is a patronymic surname, derived from thepraenomenVibius. The name is generally regarded as anOscan praenomen, and it is found extensively inCampania, but it was also used inLatium, and appears at Rome from a very early period, being used by thepatricianSestii, and occasionally by members of several prominent plebeian families. The Vibian gens itself was probably Oscan.[2]
Thecognomina of the Vibii under the Republic werePansa andVarus, 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", whileVarus is "knock-kneed".[1][3]
Denarius of Gaius Vibius Pansa, father of the consulCaetronianus, 90 BC.
This list includes abbreviatedpraenomina. For an explanation of this practice, seefiliation.
Vibius Accuaeus, a native ofAccua, a village inApulia, led acohort ofPaelignian soldiers in the Roman army in 212 BC, during the Second Punic War, and fought with conspicuous bravery. It is not certain whetherVibius was his praenomen or his nomen.[4][5][6]
Vibius Paciacus, or perhaps Pacianus, gave refuge toCrassus, who had fled toHispania to escape the proscriptions ofMarius andCinna 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 toGnaeus Pompeius Magnus, and was frequently mistaken for the general.[9][10]
Vibius Curius,[i] one of the commanders ofCaesar's cavalry at the beginning of theCivil 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 poetAlexander Lychnus.[14][15][16][17]
Gaius Vibius Serenus, one of the accusers ofMarcus Scribonius Libo in AD 16. He was governor ofHispania Ulterior in 23, when he was condemned and exiled to the island ofAmorgus in theCyclades, on a charge ofvis publica, riot or revolt, but in reality because he was an enemy ofSejanus. He was recalled the following year, after his own son accused him of plotting againstTiberius, but was subsequently returned to Amorgus.[30][31]
Gaius Vibius C. f. Marsus, consulsuffectus from the Kalends of July in AD 17, and probably governor ofAfrica around AD 20. He was later accused of being one of the accomplices ofAlbucilla, but escaped condemnation by the death of Tiberius in 37. He was governor ofSyria 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 formerpraetor. 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 notoriousdelator, but his accusation ofGaius Fonteius Capito was not believed.[36]
Vibius Fronto, commander of the cavalry inCilicia, capturedVonones, the deposed King ofParthia, during the latter's flight toArmenia in AD 19.[37]
Vibia, or Vibidia, the wife ofLucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, consul in AD 32, was exiled byClaudius 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, afterwardLucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus, a wealthy orator of considerable talent, was consulsuffectus underNero in AD 63 or 64, proconsul of Africa in 72 and 73, and consul for the second time in AD 74, with the future emperorTitus, from the Ides of March to the Ides of May. He received a third consulship underDomitian, in 82 or 83. Tacitus suggests that he gained his fortune as adelator 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 ofHostilian in 251. Volusianus was slain along with his father in 253.[60][61]
Vibia Galla, the daughter of Trebonianus Gallus.
Vibius Passienus, according toTrebellius Pollio,proconsul of Africa during the reign ofGallienus. He is said to have proclaimedTitus Cornelius Celsus, a formermilitary 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 fromServius, which would place him in the fifth century.
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