Gratus, possibly named Gaius Vettius Gratus[1] (fl. 3rd century), was a Roman senator who was appointed consul in AD 280. Gratus was probably the son of Vettius Gratus who was consul in AD 250. Gratus himself was appointed consul posterior alongside Lucius Valerius Messalla in AD 280.[2]
Sources
edit- Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I AD 260–395, Cambridge University Press (1971)
- Mennen, Inge, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284 (2011)
References
edit- ^ Both the Praenomen Gaius and the Nomen gentile Vettius are assumed; Mennen, pg. 128.
- ^ Martindale & Jones, pg. 402