Lucius Vibullius Rufus sometimes known as Vibullius Rufus was a Greek Aristocratic

Greeks

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 that lived in the second half of the 1st century and the first half of the 2nd century in the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

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Rufus was a Greek of Athenian

Athens

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 descent . Although little is known on his origins, Rufus was a member of a very wealthy family who were prominent in Athens . Rufus had an ancestor called Lucius Vibullius Rufus, who served as an officer to triumvir Pompey

Pompey

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 in the civil

Caesar's civil war

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 war against Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

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 during the Roman Republic

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Rufus married an Athenian Aristocrat called Claudia Alcia . Claudia Alcia was the daughter of Aristocrat Hipparchus and sister of Roman Senator

Roman Senate

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 Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes

Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes (suffect consul 132)

Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes was a distinguished Greek aristocrat of the Roman Empire.- Origin and life :Claudius Atticus was a Greek of Athenian descent. As he bears the Roman family name, Claudius, there is a possibility that a paternal ancestor of his, received Roman citizenship, from an...

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Claudia Alcia bore Rufus two children who were:

• Son, Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus
  Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus
  Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus was a Greek Aristocrat that lived in the second half of the 1st century and the first half of the 2nd century in the Roman Empire....
  
    who served as Archon of Athens
  Archon of Athens
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   in 99-100
• Daughter, Vibullia Alcia Agrippina
  Vibullia Alcia Agrippina
  Vibullia Alcia Agrippina was a Greek Aristocrat and Heiress that lived in the Roman Empire.Vibullia was a Greek of Athenian descent and was a member of a very wealthy family who were prominent in Athens . She was the daughter of the Athenian Aristocrats, Claudia Alcia and Lucius Vibullius Rufus...
  
   , who married her uncle Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes
  Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes (suffect consul 132)
  Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes was a distinguished Greek aristocrat of the Roman Empire.- Origin and life :Claudius Atticus was a Greek of Athenian descent. As he bears the Roman family name, Claudius, there is a possibility that a paternal ancestor of his, received Roman citizenship, from an...
  
  

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