Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus

Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus (Greek: Λούκιος Βιβούλιος Ίππαρχος) was a Greek aristocrat who lived in the second half of the 1st century AD and the first half of the 2nd century AD in the Roman Empire.

Hipparchus 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 the Athenian aristocrats, Claudia Alcia and Lucius Vibullius Rufus. Hipparchus was born and raised in Athens. Hipparchus served as an archon of Athens in 118-9.

Hipparchus had a sister called Vibullia Alcia Agrippina who married their uncle, the Roman Senator Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes. His known grandparent is his maternal grandfather, the Athenian aristocrat Hipparchus.

Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus married an unknown Greek woman, by whom he had a son called Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus who served as archon of Athens in 143-144. Another possible son could be Vibullius Polydeukion.

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