Gaius Vibius Marsus
Gaius Vibius Marsus, whom
senator active during the Principate
. He was consul in 17 AD.
Biography
Marsus was
Senate; and just before the death of Tiberius in 37 he narrowly escaped his own death, being accused as one of the accomplices of the notorious Albucilla. According to Tacitus he was governor of Syria 42-44/45, during the reign of Claudius.[4]
The name of "Gaius Vibius Marsus",
Africa, struck in the reign of Tiberius: they probably relate to this Vibius Marsus; and as he was disappointed in obtaining the province of Syria in the reign of Tiberius, he may have been appointed to that of Africa.[5]
Family
Marsus was married to a woman named Laelia, they had a daughter named Vibia Laelia together who married Publius Plautius Pulcher.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Alison E. Cooley, The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy (Cambridge: University Press, 2012), p. 459
- ^ Smith, William (1867), "Marsus, Vibius", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 3, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 962
- ^ Tacitus, Annales vi. 47
- ^ Tacitus, Annales ii.74, 79; iv.56; vi.47, 48; xi.10
- ^ Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, vol. iv. pp. 147, 148
- ^ Inscription
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Marsus, Vibius". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. p. 962.