A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

4. P. VINICIUS M. F. P. N., the son of No. 3, was consul A. D. 2 with P. Alfenius Varus, when Tiberius returned to Rome from Rhodes. (Vell. 2.103.) Seneca mentions this P. Vinicius and his brother Lucius as two celebrated orators. (M. Senec. Controv. 2, 3, 4, 20, 21, &c.; comp. L. Senec. Ep. 40.)