Sabinus, Vectius
of the Ulpian family, was the senator upon whose motion, according to Capitolinus, Balbinus and Maximus were nominated joint emperors. Upon their elevation he was appointed Praefectus Urbi. (Capitolin. Max. et Balb. 2, 4.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.