Gens: VITELLIUS
Created: 22nd June 2015
Update:  2nd September 2016
Status Republic: Patrician: X?   Pleb. Nobilis:       Senatorial:      Eques Romanus:      Local magistrates X
Republican Family / Cognomen
Patrician Vitellius (probably not historical)
Pleb. Nobilis n/a
Senatorial n/a
Equestrian n/a
Local magistrat. no cognomen
Imperial Family / Cognomen
Imperators Vitellius
Consular no cognomen, Honoratus (??), Seleucus
Senatorial Saturninus, Seleucus
Equestrian Ampliatus, Honoratus, Saturninus
Local magistrat. n/a
Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors 0
Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars) 6 incl. 1 emperor
Notes: Probably Patrician in 47/48 AD.. Family probably from Luceria in Apulia and not Nuceria in Campania ?).
Literature Corbier: Aerarium (1974) p.358-367 (P.Vitellius pr 12/13)
Dabrowa: Governors of Syria (1998) p.38-41 (L.Vitellius cos 34 43 47)
Eck:Statthalter Germanien (1985) p.132-133 (A.Vitellius cos 48)
Fitz: Pannonien (1993) §24 (p.89 P.Vitellius pr 12/13)
Remy: Carrieres Senatoriales (1988)  p.24-25 (P.Vitellius pr 12/13)
Scheid: Freres Arvales 69-304 (1990) p.391-393 (P.Vitellius Saturninus)
Settipani: Gentilice (2000) p.279-280
Thomasson: Fasti Africani (1996) p.39 (A. + L. Vitellius cos 48) and p.104 (A.Vitellius cos 48)
Vogel-Weidemann: Statthalter (1982)  p.619 (stemma), §24 p.189-196 (A.Vitellius cos 48), §25 p.196-199 (L.Vitellius cos suff 48)
Changes 2.9.2016 revised header. All imperial Vitellii updated by PIR Version 2 letter V published 2015.  Vitellius Ampliatus added.
RE1 RE1 RE4
Vitellius   Vitellius   Vitellia
patrician patrician
† 509 exc † 509 exc ~ L.Iunius Brutus
not historical not historical cos 509
RE3 RE2 RE7
Q.Vitellius       A.Vitellius Vitellius
IIvir Ostia 47 + 45 IIvir Ostia 46
 
 
 
 
REPUBLIC  
IMPERIAL                                                                  
V744 RE7e Dem 75   V745 RE7f V756 RE7q FOS816 V737 RE7t
P.Vitellius         Q.Vitellius                   Vitellia   Vitellius
ab Nuceria in Campania ? senator 29 BC ment 21 AD jurist
eques Romanus fought as gladiator ~ A. Plautius ? = V744
proc rerum Augusti c.10 BC or related to the cos suff 1 BC
Vitelii from Ostia
   
   
V738 V498 RE7a V746 RE7g   V743 RE5 V741 RE7c P482 FOS613 RE64b
A.Vitellius P.f.       Q.Vitellius P.f.     P.Vitellius P.f.           L.Vitellius P.f. Plautia A.f.   see Plautii
leg pro pr of unknown  q Aug leg leg 6-8, pr 12/13, leg leg 14-16  cos ord 34 43 47
province c.25/31 expelled from senate 17 procos Bithynia 17/18 Syria 35-39 cens 47-49 ~ P.Petronius
cos suff 32 † in office comes of GERMANICUS 15 16 19 Patrician 48 cos suff 19
~ Bassa sacerdos 20 frat Arv 28 † c.51
(FOS141, B65) praef aerar milit 31 † 31/32 ~ Sextilia (S654) † 69, dt of
~ Acutia (A102), ? dt of M.Sextilius, monet
Q.Acutius Faienanus, gov of Lusitania
       
V739   V746 RE7h V740 RE7b   V501 RE7d P323 FOS606
A.Vitellius A.f. Q.Vitellius Q.f. A.Vitellius L.f.             L.Vitellius L.f. Petronia
IMP A.VITELLIUS GERMANICUS AUG * c.15 † 69 exc
* 12 or 15 † 69 murdered cos suff 48 ~ IMP VITELLIUS
cos ord 48 Patrician 48 procos Africa 60/61 procos Africa 61/62 ←
procos Africa 60/61, leg Africa 61-62 frat Arv 63
curator operum public 63/64 1 ~ Iunia Calvina (div 49), dt of
Germ Inf 68-69 imp 69 cos perp 69 M.Iunius Silanus Torquatus, cos ord 19
XVvir sf, frat Arv 53, pont max 69 2 ~ Triaria (T344)
1 ~ Petronia →, dt of
P.Petronius cos suff 19
2 ~ Galeria Fundana (G33 FOS399)
1   2 2
V752 RE7m V750 RE7k   V757 RE7r FOS817 V748 RE7i
Vitellius Saturninus (Vitellius) Petronianus (Vitellia or Galeria)     (Vitellius) Germanicus C.Vitellius
praef of legion 69 † young * 62 † 70 exc
poisoned by father ?? eng D.Valerius Asiaticus named Germanicus 69
  cos desig 69
  ~ 70/79 ignotus, possibly
  Rupilius Libo Frugi cos suff 88  
V749 RE6   V758 RE7s FOS818
Vitellius Honoratus   Vitellia C.f. Rufilla
procos Africa c.98 ??   flamenica at Urbs Salvia
† 100 suicide   † ante 105
probably not a governor   ~ C.Salvius Liberalis
but a local man   Nonius Bassus
  cos suff c.87
  ↓
V753 RE7n ME-V121
P. Vitellius Saturninus L.Vitellius
a camillus (boy assistant) of the Arvals 124 praef coh in Pann Sup 128/138
(thus not a frat Arvalis) correct name is now L.Vitettius
V736 RE7o V754 RE7o
Vitellius M. Flavius Vitellius Seleucus
cos suff 189 dedicated statue to COMMODUS c.185/192
name probably thus senator
corrupt
 
V755 RE7p ? V759
M. Flavius Vitellius Seleucus     Flavia Vitellia Seleuciana
cos ord 221 clar fem
usurpator 218/222 or dt of cos 221
ab Syria
V747 RE9 Pf353
A. Vitellius Felix signo Honoratus
trib.Papiria, eques Romanus ab Thugga in Africa
fisci advocatus in 4 different posts
praepositus agens Campania-Calabria-Lucania-Picenum
c.260
sacerdos Lanuvinus
UNCERTAIN DATE                                                                
ME-V120 bis
Vitellius Ampliatus
praef coh in Germ Inf c.70/120