Vettius Gratus (consul 250)

(Gaius) Vettius Gratus[1] (fl. 3rd century) was a Roman senator who was appointed consul in AD 250.

Biography

A member of the Patrician gens Vetti,[2] Vettius Gratus was related to the consuls Gaius Vettius Gratus Atticus Sabinianus (possibly his brother or cousin) and Gaius Vettius Gratus Sabinianus (possibly his grandson or grand-nephew).

In AD 250, Vettius Gratus was appointed consul posterior, serving alongside the emperor Decius.[3]

It is speculated that Vettius Gratus had a son, Gratus, who became consul in AD 280.[4]

Sources
  • Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I AD 260–395, Cambridge University Press (1971)
  • Mennen, Inge, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284 (2011)

References
  1. The Praenomen Gaius is assumed.
  2. Mammen, pg. 129
  3. Mennen, pg. 128
  4. Martindale & Jones, pg. 402


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