Gens: VINICIUS
Created: 5th June 2015
Update:  1st September 2016
Status Republic: Patrician:     Pleb. Nobilis: X     Senatorial:      Eques Romanus: X    Local magistrates  
Republican Family / Cognomen
Patrician n/a
Pleb. Nobilis no cognomen
Senatorial n/a
Equestrian n/a
Local magistrat. Rufus
Imperial Family / Cognomen
Imperators n/a
Consular no cognomen, Iulianus
Senatorial n/a
Equestrian Caecilianus, Lucanus, Rufinus
Local magistrat. n/a
Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors 1
Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars) 5 incl. 0 emperors
Notes: Old spelling was Vinucius (eg RE1). Family from Cales in Campania.
Vinicia V665 could be the daughter of L.Viniciuis cos 33 BC or M.Vinicius cos 19 BC or P. Vinicius cos 2 AD.
Literature Birley: Roman Government of Britain (2005) p.222 (M.Vinicius V661)
Fitz: Pannonien (9999) p.44-46 (§2 M.Vinicius V660)
Jacques: Curateurs (1983) p.284-285 (Vinicius Lucanus)
Settipani: Continiute Gentilice (2000) p.267 stemma
Syme, Ronald: "Missing Persons III", in Historia Bd. 11, 1962, pp. 146-155 (also Roman Papers Vol.2 pp.530-540)
Vogel-Weidemann: Statthalter (1982) pp.304-317 (§43 M.Vinicius V661)
Changes 1.9.2016 New header. Some updates to imperial period from PIR Version 2 letter V published 2015 and from Devijver (Prosopographia Militiarum Equestrium).
RE2
M Coelius M.Vinicius
ignotus
adopted
   
RE27   ? RE3 Dem 33   RE1 V657 RE4
M.Coelius M.f. Vinicianus   P.Vinicius              L.Vinicius (M.f.) M.Vinicius M.f. Rufus
q c 56 tr pl 53 pr c 48/46 eques from Cales monet c.52 II vir quinq in Paestum
procos 47 Bithynia+Pontus tr pl 51 cos suff 33 trib Maecia
from Tusculum ? procos Asia 28/27 date uncertain, possibly imperial
~ Opsilia    
   
REPUBLIC    
IMPERIAL                                                          
   
V660 RE6 V658 RE5 V654 RE1a
M.Vinicius P.f. L.Vinicius L.f.M.n. Vinicius
q, pr,  monet 16 BC procos Asia unknown year
leg Aug propr Gallia Comata 25 cos suff 5 BC = one of the consular Vinicii
procos Achaia 25/19, cos suff 19BC V657, V660, or V662.
procos Illyricum 14-12 BC, Asia c.12/10
leg Aug Germania 1AD- 3/4 AD
ornamenta triumph 3/4 AD, XV vir sf, † p.14
 
V662 RE8 V659 A679 A626 RE5 RE73 V655 V656
P.Vinicius M.f.P.n.     L.Vinicius C.Annius C.f.Pollio Vinicius […us] Vinicius
procos Moesia c.1 BC ment 17 BC trib Cornelia procos Asia unknown year procos (Asia?) unknown year
cos ord 2 AD rhetor mon 9/8 BC m. 1AD = one of the consular Vinicii = one of the consular Vinicii
procos Asia 8/9 or 10/11 AD P.frater cos suff 5AD V657, V660, V661 or V662. V660, V661 or V662.
ment 20 25
   
V661 RE7   ? V665 RE11 FOS808 A677 A680 RE72
M.Vinicius P.f.M.n.P.pron.     (Vinicia) ~ C. Annius Pollio
* c.5 BC cos ord 30 45 curator ludorum sub Augustus (A680)
patrician c.37, procos Asia c.39/40 cos suff 21/22 accused of maiestas 32
possible candidate for emperor 41
comes of CLAUDIUS 43, IIII vir quinq at Cales
VII vir epulo, sodalis Augustalis
poisoned by Messalina † 46
33 ~ Iulia Livilla, dt of GERMANICUS
 
A701 RE99
L.Annius Vinicianus         see Annius
cos suff 39/40 † 42 suicide
frater Arv 38
 
V664 RE10 Dem 544 A678 RE71 A700 RE98 V663 RE9
Vinicius Rufinus (C.) Annius Pollio     (L.) Annius Vinicianus   T.Vinicius Iulianus or
eques Romanus exiled 65 leg 63 † 66 exc M.Vinicius Iulius Rufus
condemned 61 for ~ (Marcia) Servilia dt of ~ Domitia dt of  cos suff 80
false testimony Q.Marcius Barea Soranus Cn.Domitius Corbulo ? a T.Iulius adopted by a M.Vinicius
cos suff 52 cos 39
A.Vinicius Lucanus
II vir quinq at Paestum
 
 
Vinicius Lucanus
eques Romanus
 
AE2006-358 AE1975-254 Rüpke 3532 ME-V116
A. Vinicius ?.f. A.n. Lucanus   L.Vinicius Pius
eques Romanus, trib Maecia, patron of Paestum praef coh in Britan
praef fabrum 202-208
flamen perpetuus of M.AURELIUS
praetor (priest) Laurentium Lavinatium
curator rei publica Eburum (25 km from Paestum)
sub COMMODUS or SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
 
 
Vinicia Lucana
RE Caecil 6 PLRE p.166
(Vinicius ?) Caecilianus
vir perfect
rationalis Roma, rationalis Africa
praeses Lusitania
corrector Apulia et Calabria
vicarius Italia
293/305
 
RE12 PLRE Marc 4
Vinicia Marciana
~ L.Nonius Verus
cos suff
corrector Apulia et Calabria c.317/324
corrector Venetia et Istria
UNCERTAIN DATE