Gaius Vellaeus Tutor was a Roman senator, who was active during the reign of Tiberius. He was suffect consul in the second half of 26 as the colleague of Lucius Junius Silanus.Fasti Acta Arvalia . The primary event known for their consulship was the promulgation of the Lex Junia Vellae, which concerned how an heir could be disinherited.Digest XXVI.2.10.2
Little is known about Tutor, who is the only member of the gens Vellaeus to accede to the consulship, and only a little more about his gens. Less than half a dozen Vellaeii in total are attested: a Publius Vellaeus who in 21 was in command of the army in Thracia;Tacitus, Annales III.39 and three freedmen known from inscriptions recorded in Canusium, whose existence suggest Tutor came from that city., ,
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Further reading Werner Eck, "Vellaeus (3)", Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XIV (Stuttgart, 1974), col. 828.