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Rufus (Roman Cognomen)
Rufus () is one of the most common of the ancient Roman ''cognomina''. D.R. Shackleton Bailey, ''Cicero: Epistulae ad Familiares'' (Cambridge University Press, 1977), vol. 2, p. 500. List of Rufi * Quintus Marcius Rufus, an officer of Marcus Licinius Crassus during the Third Servile War in 71 BC * Annius Rufus, Prefect of Judea in 12 AD * Calvisius Rufus, governor of Britain in the 3rd century AD * Curtius Rufus, 1st-century Roman politician (possibly the same as Quintus Curtius Rufus) * Faenius Rufus (died 65), Roman senator and praefectus annonae, 55–62 AD * Gaius Asinius Rufus (ca 110 – aft. 136), Roman Senator * Lucius Passienus Rufus, consul in 4 BC * Lucius Varius Rufus, poet of the 1st century BC * Lucius Vibullius Rufus, 1st- and 2nd-century Greek aristocrat * Lucius Virginius Rufus, politician and general of the 1st century * Marcus Caelius Rufus, politician of the 1st century BC * Marcus Cluvius Rufus, 1st-century consul, senator, governor, and historian * Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) until the fall of the western empire. Ancient Rome began as an Italic settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the River Tiber in the Italian Peninsula. The settlement grew into the city and polity of Rome, and came to control its neighbours through a combination of treaties and military strength. It eventually dominated the Italian Peninsula, assimilated the Greek culture of southern Italy ( Magna Grecia) and the Etruscan culture and acquired an Empire that took in much of Europe and the lands and peoples surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. It was among the largest empires in the ancient world, with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants, roughly 20% of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus
Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus (c. 104/3 – 26 BC), was a Roman senator who was elected consul for 53 BC. Family Messalla was the son of Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger and Hortensia (sister of the consul of 69 BC). He had a sister, Valeria Messala, who was the fifth wife of the dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Messalla had two sons: Marcus Valerius Messalla (consul 32 BC) and Potitus Valerius Messalla (suffect consul 29 BC). Career Messalla Rufus probably served as Praetor in 62 BC. His appointment as consul in 53 BC was delayed due to a scandal involving the consular elections, followed by public disorder between the followers of Publius Clodius Pulcher and Titus Annius Milo. It was only in July 53 BC that he entered the office. He and his colleague's attempts to hold elections for 52 BC were also disrupted. Messalla Rufus was also elected augur at an early date, for he was a member of the ''collegia'' of augurs for 55 years. Messalla Rufus was accused more than once of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valgius Rufus
Gaius Valgius Rufus, was a Roman senator, and a contemporary of Horace and Maecenas. He succeeded Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus as suffect consul upon the latter's death in 12 BC. Rufus is best known as a writer of elegies and epigrams, and his contemporaries believed him capable of great things in epic writing. The author of the panegyric on Messalla Corvinus compared Rufus as the equal of Homer. Rufus did not confine himself to poetry. He discussed grammatical questions by correspondence, translated the rhetorical manual of his teacher Apollodorus of Pergamon, and began a treatise on medicinal plants, dedicated to Augustus. Horace addressed to him the ninth ode of the second book of his poems. References Further reading * Jonathan August Weichert, ''Poetarum Latinorum...Vitae et Carminum Reliquiae'' (1830) * Robert Unger, ''De Valgii Rufi poematis'' (1848) *Otto Ribbeck, ''Geschichte der romischen Dichtung'' (1889), ii. *Martin Schanz, ''Geschichte der romischen Littera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servius Sulpicius Rufus
Servius Sulpicius Rufus (c. 105 BC – 43 BC), was a Roman orator and jurist. He was consul in 51 BC. Biography Early life He studied rhetoric with Cicero, accompanying him to Rhodes in 78 BC, though Sulpicius decided subsequently to pursue legal studies. In the later dialogue ''Brutus'', Cicero praised the artistry of his legal learning as well as his eloquence. Career In 63 BC, Sulpicius was a candidate for the consulship, but was defeated by Lucius Licinius Murena, whom he subsequently accused of bribery. In Cicero's successful oration in defense of Murena against the accusations, he mocked Sulpicius' legal expertise despite their friendship. Nevertheless, in 52 BC Sulpicius successfully stood for election to be consul in 51 BC. In the Civil War, Sulpicius was a supporter of Pompey, while his son joined Julius Caesar. Caesar made him proconsul of Achaea in 46 BC. He died in 43 BC while on a mission () from the senate to Marcus Antonius at Mutina, and was eulogized in Cicero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintus Salvidienus Rufus
Quintus Salvius Salvidienus Rufus (died 40 BC) was a Roman general and one of the principal generals and advisors of Caesar Octavian during the early years of his political activity. Despite his humble origin, he was one of Octavian's best friends, along with Marcus Agrippa. Salvidienus and Agrippa were with Octavian at Apollonia in March 44 BC when Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome. Salvidienus became one of the most trusted of Octavian's generals during the civil wars following Caesar's death. In 42 BC he commanded the fleet of Octavian against Sextus Pompeius, who had taken control of Sicily and was harassing the coasts of Italy. However, Salvidienus was defeated in a naval battle fought off Rhegium, largely because of the inexperience of his crews. On Octavian's return from Greece after the Battle of Philippi, Salvidienus was sent to Spain with six legions, but he hastily retreated to Italy to oppose Lucius Antonius and Fulvia (Antony's wife), who had taken up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus (consul 457)
Flavius Rufus (''floruit'' 457 AD) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire. In 457 he was appointed consul with Constantinus as colleague; both of them were recognised only in the East. Nothing else is known about him. Sources * Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Fl. Rufus 4", ''Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire ''Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'' (abbreviated as ''PLRE'') is a work of Roman prosopography published in a set of three volumes collectively describing many of the people attested to have lived in the Roman Empire from AD 260, the date ...'', Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992, , p. 959. {{end 5th-century Byzantine people Imperial Roman consuls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintus Curtius Rufus
Quintus Curtius Rufus () was a Roman historian, probably of the 1st century, author of his only known and only surviving work, ''Historiae Alexandri Magni'', "Histories of Alexander the Great", or more fully ''Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt'', "All the Books That Survive of the Histories of Alexander the Great of Macedon." Much of it is missing. Apart from his name on the manuscripts, nothing else certain is known of him. This fact alone has led philologists to believe that he had another historical identity, to which, due to the accidents of time, the link has been broken. A few theories exist. They are treated with varying degrees of credibility by various authors. Meanwhile, the identity of Quintus Curtius Rufus, historian, is maintained separately. The historical ''alter ego'' Curtius' work is uniquely isolated. No other ancient work refers to it, or as far as is known, to him. Peter Pratt pointing out that the Senate and emperors frequently proscri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintus Tineius Rufus (consul 182)
Quintus Tineius Rufus was a Roman senator who was ''consul ordinarius'' in 182 with Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus as his ''consul prior''. In 170 he was a member of the college of the Salii Palatini. The son of Quintus Tineius Sacerdos Clemens, consul in 158, his brothers were Quintus Tineius Clemens and Quintus Tineius Sacerdos.O. Salomies"Die Herkunft der senatorischen Tineii" ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik The ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'' (commonly abbreviated ZPE; "Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy") is a peer-reviewed academic journal which contains articles that pertain to papyrology and epigraphy. It has been described as "th ...'', 60 (1985), p. 199 Family tree References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tineius Rufus, Quintus 2nd-century Romans Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Imperial Roman consuls Rufus, Quintus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintus Tineius Rufus (consul 127)
Quintus Tineius Rufus, also known as Turnus Rufus the Evil (Hebrew: ''Ṭūrnūsrūfūs hāRāšā‘'', sometimes spelled ''Ṭōrānūsrūfūs'') in Jewish sources (c. 90 AD – after 131 AD) was a senator and provincial governor under the Roman Empire. He is known for his role unsuccessfully combating the early uprising phase of the Jews under Simon bar Kokhba and Elasar. Life In Jerome's Latin version of ''The Chronicle of Eusebius'', Tineius Rufus is called Tinnio Rufo (a variant of T. Annio Rufo). O. Salomies identifies Rufus' place of origin as the Etruscan town of Volterra, despite an inscription mentioning Q. Tineius Q.f. Sab. Her esin Nicomedia. Rufus was ''legatus Augusti pro praetore'' or governor of Thracia from 123 to 126, after which he was made Consul suffectus for the ''nundinium'' of May to September 127. A few years after he stepped down from the consulship, Rufus was appointed consular legate of Judaea, during which time he is said to have ordered th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintus Pompeius Rufus (consul 88 BC)
Quintus Pompeius Rufus (died 88 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 88 BC. His colleague in office was the future dictator Sulla. Biography The son of the Quintus Pompeius who was Plebeian Tribune in 132 BC, Rufus was elected Tribune of the Plebs in 99 BC. He, alongside Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus, put forward a bill to recall Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus from exile, but it was vetoed by Publius Furius. In 91 BC, Pompeius was elected Praetor urbanus, followed by his election as consul in 88 BC, alongside Lucius Cornelius Sulla. The outbreak of the First Mithridatic War during their consulship saw the command of the war given to Sulla. This was opposed by the former consul and general Gaius Marius, who had a tribune of the Plebs, Publius Sulpicius Rufus, firstly bring forward a law which would enrol the Italian allies who had just received Roman citizenship across all of the Roman tribes, thereby giving Marius a large enough body of voters to pass a law to strip Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintus Minucius Rufus
Quintus Minucius Rufus was a Roman senator and military commander. Early career In 211 BC, Minucius was an officer serving under Q. Fulvius Flaccus when Roman forces took back Capua after their defeat the previous year by Hannibal. He was a plebeian aedile in 201. Praetorship in Locri As praetor in 200, Minucius was assigned to Bruttium (modern-day Calabria), where he investigated thefts from the temple of Proserpina at Locri. His ''imperium'' was prorogued as propraetor into 199 so he could continue to look into the sacrilege. The year was plagued by bad omens; Minucius reported two from his province, a foal born with five feet, and three chickens born with three feet each. In his study of the praetorship during the Republic, T. Corey Brennan has speculated that the prosecution of sacrilege at Bruttium may have been a useful way to out and suppress the "dissident element" in the region; the stated task of Minucius's prorogation was "to complete inquiries into ''coniurationes'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publius Sulpicius Rufus
Publius Sulpicius Rufus (124–88 BC) was a Roman politician and orator whose attempts to pass controversial laws with the help of mob violence helped trigger the first civil war of the Roman Republic. His actions kindled the deadly rivalry between Gaius Marius and Sulla, and provided the pretext for Sulla's unexpected march on Rome. Life Background and early career Publius Sulpicius Rufus was probably born in 124 BC. His precise background is unclear: he was most likely not related to the jurist and near-contemporary Servius Sulpicius Rufus, nor, like him, a patrician, despite their matching family names. It is likely, nevertheless, that he was of high birth, as he was personally acquainted to some of the most important aristocrats of the day. These included the orators Lucius Licinius Crassus and Marcus Antonius, of whom Sulpicius was a close friend as well as disciple. Sulpicius himself came to be regarded as one of the finest orators of his generation. Together with two highbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
