Gaius Vitrasius Pollio was a Roman eques who flourished during the reign of the emperor Claudius.
He was appointed to the important office of praefectus or governor of Roman Egypt from AD 38 to 41.
Upon arriving in Alexandria, Vitrasius Pollio had to deal with the aftermath of the Alexandrian riots of 38, which had been suppressed by his predecessor, Aulus Avilius Flaccus.
[3] Pollio and the commander of the cohors Ituraeorum, Lucius Eienus Saturninus, erected a dedication to the emperor Caligula 28 April 39 at Syene.
[4] When he returned to Rome, Vitrasius Pollio brought several pieces of porphyry stone he had quarried in Egypt, hoping to introduce an interest in that material.