# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vedius-pollio
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:36:18.540Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vedius-pollio"
name: "Vedius Pollio"
slug: "vedius-pollio"
description: "Publius Vedius Pollio was a Roman of equestrian rank, and a friend of the Roman emperor Augustus, who appointed him to a position of authority in the province of Asia. In later life, he became infamous for his luxurious tastes and cruelty to his slaves – when they displeased him, he had them fed to \"lampreys\" that he maintained for that purpose, which was deemed to be an exceedingly cruel act. When Vedius tried to apply this method of execution to a slave who broke a crystal cup, Emperor Augustus was so appalled that he not only intervened to prevent the execution but had all of Pollio's valuable drinking vessels deliberately broken. This incident, and Augustus's demolition of Vedius's mansion in Rome, which Augustus inherited in Vedius's will, were frequently referred to in antiquity in discussions of ethics and of the public role of Augustus."
tagline: "Roman equestrian during the reign of Augustus"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vedius_Pollio.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "-100"
deathDate: "-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.62
  momentum:             0.5954935622317596
  historical:           11.40443333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Vedius Pollio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "فيديوس بوليو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Публий Ведий Полион"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Vedius_Pollio"
    title: "Publius Vedius Pollio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AD%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BF"
    title: "Βέδιος Πολίο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedius_Pollio"
    title: "Vedius Pollio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publio_Vedio_Poli%C3%B3n"
    title: "Publio Vedio Polión"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedius_Pollion"
    title: "Vedius Pollion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95"
    title: "ודיוס פוליו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publio_Vedio_Pollione"
    title: "Publio Vedio Pollione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Vedius_Pollio"
    title: "Publius Vedius Pollio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAblio_V%C3%A9dio_Poli%C3%A3o"
    title: "Públio Védio Polião"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedije_Polion"
    title: "Vedije Polion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q950157"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump