Quintus Plautius


Quintus Plautius was a Roman senator, who was active during the Principate. He was consul ordinarius for the year 36 as the colleague of Sextus Papinius Allenius. Nothing more is known about his senatorial career.
He was the son of Aulus Plautius suffect consul in 1 BC, and Vitellia, possibly the great-aunt of the future Roman emperor Aulus Vitellius. Quintus had an older brother, Aulus Plautius suffect consul in 29 and conqueror of Roman Britain, and a sister, Plautia, who has been identified as the wife of Publius Petronius, consul in 19 AD.
Although the name of his wife is not known, Quintus Plautius has been identified as the father of two sons: