Gaius Vellaeus Tutor

Gaius Vellaeus Tutor was a Roman senator, who was active during the reign of Tiberius. He was suffect consul in the second half of 28 as the colleague of Lucius Junius Silanus.^[1] The primary event known for their consulship was the promulgation of the Lex Junia Vellae, which concerned how an heir could be disinherited.^[2]

Little is known about Tutor, who is the only member of the gens Vellaeus to accede to the consulship, and only a little more about his gens. Less than half a dozen Vellaeii in total are attested: a Publius Vellaeus who in 21 was in command of the army in Thracia;^[3] and three freedmen known from inscriptions recorded in Canusium, whose existence suggest Tutor came from that city.^[4]

References

^ Alison E. Cooley, The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy (Cambridge: University Press, 2012), p. 459
^ Digest XXVI.2.10.2
^ Tacitus, Annales III.39
^ CIL IX, 351, CIL IX, 405, CIL IX, 406

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