Quintus Aelius Tubero ( 17–11 BC) was a Roman senator. He was one of the priestly who oversaw the celebration of the

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in 17 BC. He held the office of

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in 11 BC with Paullus Fabius Maximus. Rüpke and Glock date his appointment to the college of priests about 21 BC. He was a son of Quintus Aelius Tubero, the jurist and historian, and a daughter of the jurist

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. His brother was

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, consul in AD 4. The family was raised to patrician rank by the emperor

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. He was also maternal uncle of the jurist

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, and probably a paternal cousin (according to Sumner) of the notorious

Lucius Aelius Sejanus Lucius Aelius Sejanus (c. 20 BC – 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (), was a Roman soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Of the Equites class by birth, Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Praetorian Guar ...

. Tubero was also probably an uncle of Aelia Paetina, wife of the emperor Claudius.

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