Velleius Paterculus
Velleius Paterculus,Roman historical writer, provides details of himself in his work. Among his maternal ancestors were Minatus Magius of Aeclanum and Decius Magius of Capua (2. 16. 2–3); his paternal grandfather was Gaius Velleius, praefectus fabrum (chief of engineers) to Pompey, Brutus, and Tiberius Claudius Nero, father of the emperor Tiberius (2. 76. 1); the senator Capito, who helped to prosecute the Caesaricide Cassius in 43 BC, was a paternal uncle (2. 69. 5). Velleius himself was born in (probably) 20 or 19 BC. Having begun his career as military tribune around the turn of the millennium (2. 101. 3), he joined the staff of Augustus' grandson Gaius Caesar in the east (2. 101–102. 1); later he became praefectus equitum (commander of cavalry), as his father had been, and spent AD 4–12 serving under the future emperor Tiberius in Germany (twice),...
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