Lucius Vinicius (fl. 1st century BC) was a

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Senator who was appointed suffect consul in 5 BC. Vinicius was the son of Lucius Vinicius, who was suffect consul in 33 BC. A noted advocate with a brilliant speaking voice, he was appointed to the post of ''

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'' in 16 BC. Vinicius was later appointed suffect consul in 5 BC, replacing the

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, after which he disappears from the historical record. Suetonius reported that Augustus was once forced to intervene when Vinicius was seen lavishing too much attention on the emperor's daughter,

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, reportedly seeing her when she was staying at Baiae. Suetonius, ''Life of Augustus'', 64

Sources

*Syme, Ronald, ''The Augustan Aristocracy'' (1986).

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