Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus (grandson of Herodes Atticus)

Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus (born 161 -?) was a Roman noble of Greek Athenian and Italian Roman descent who lived in the Roman Empire.
Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus was the son born to the Aristocrat Lucius Vibullius Rufus and the noblewoman Athenais. His grandfathers were first cousins as the mother of Herodes Atticus and the father of Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus were brother and sister.
When Hipparchus was born, Athenais named him in honor of his maternal grandfather and paternal great grandfather. Shortly after his birth Athenais had died.<ref name="Pomeroy, p. 48"/>
Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus is the only recorded grandchild of Herodes Atticus and Aspasia Annia Regilla.<ref name"Pomeroy, p. 48"/> He had a daughter called Athenais.<ref name"Graindor, p. 29"/>

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