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] Hipparchus was born and raised in Athens. Hipparchus served as an archon of Athens in 118-9.[3]

Hipparchus had a sister called Vibullia Alcia Agrippina[2][1] who married their uncle, the Roman Senator Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes.[2][1][4] His known grandparent is his maternal grandfather, the Athenian aristocrat Hipparchus.[2]

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

Sources
  • Day, J., An economic history of Athens under Roman domination, Ayers Company Publishers, 1973
  • Graindor, P., Un milliardaire antique, Ayers Company Publishers, 1979
  • Wilson, N.G., Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece, Routledge 2006
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