Gratus (consul 280) explained

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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Both the Praenomen Gaius and the Nomen gentile Vettius are assumed; Mennen, pg. 128.
2. Martindale & Jones, pg. 402