Gaius Vibius Postumus
Gaius Vibius Postumus was a Roman senator, who flourished under the reign of Augustus. He was suffect consul for the latter half of AD 5 with Gaius Ateius Capito as his colleague.[1] Ronald Syme identifies him as a novus homo from Lavinum in Apulia.[2]
Postumus shared in the achievements of Lucius Apronius and earned the ornamenta triumphalia for his distinguished valor in the Dalmatian revolt.[3] He was also proconsular governor of Asia in the years 12-15.[4] One of the poems of the Palatine Anthology, attributed to Apollonides, refers to the construction of a temple to Aphrodite by a Postumus; Syme identifies its author as Apollonides of Nicaea, and the person responsible for the temple as Vibius Postumus, who had the temple erected during his governorship.[5]
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Preceded by Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus, and Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus as Ordinary consuls |
Suffect consul of the Roman Empire AD 5 with Gaius Ateius Capito |
Succeeded by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Lucius Arruntius the Younger as Ordinary consuls |