Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus

Who is Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus?

Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus was a Greek Aristocrat that lived in the 2nd century in the Roman Empire.

Aelius Rufus was a Greek of Athenian descent and was a member of a very wealthy family who were prominent in Athens. He was the son of Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus who served as an Archon of Athens in 99-100 and his unnamed Greek wife. His paternal grandparents were the Athenian Aristocrats, Claudia Alcia and Lucius Vibullius Rufus, while his paternal aunt was Vibullia Alcia Agrippina and paternal uncle was the Roman Senator Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes. His paternal cousins was the prominent Greek Sophist Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes; his brother Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodianus and his sister Claudia Tisamenis. Aelius Rufus was born and raised in Athens.

Aelius Rufus served as an Archon of Athens in 143-144. Aelius Rufus married an unnamed Greek woman, by whom he had a son called Lucius Vibullius Rufus.