Antonius Rufus was the name of a number of men of
ancient Rome
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Antonius Rufus (grammarian), Latin grammarian
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Aulus Antonius Rufus
The gens Antonia was a Roman family of great antiquity, with both patrician and plebeian branches. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Titus Antonius Merenda, one of the second group of Decemviri called, in 450 BC, to help draft wh ...
, served as suffect consul of the Roman senate with Marcus Pompeius Silvanus Staberius Flavinus in the year 45.
*Gaius Antonius Rufus, ''
procurator Augusti'' (that is, chief financial officer of a
Roman province
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) for the province of
Pannonia around the 3rd century. There was an inscription to him in a temple dedicated to the
Mithraic mysteries
Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras. Although inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity (''yazata'') Mithra, the Roman Mithras is lin ...
in the legionary base of Poetovio (modern
Ptuj).
*Antonius Rufus, a Jewish
freedman (or ''
libertinus'') of the
''gens'' Antonia from Apollonopolis Magna (modern
Edfu
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) who lived in the
Jewish quarter of that city in the 1st century, and is mentioned on several
ostraka
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as the father of two sons, Nikon and Theodotos.
*Marcus Antonius Rufus, a prominent Roman of the time of
Hadrian (that is, early 2nd century), who appears to have lived in
Dioskourias, based on inscriptions we have of him there.
* Antonius Rufus Vacariensis, Latin name of Antoine Roussel (that is, Antoine Roussel from
La Vacquerie
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Caumont-sur-Aure (, literally ''Caumont on Aure'') is a commun ...
), brother of French cleric
Gérard Roussel (or Gerardus Rufus Vacariensis). He lived in the 16th century, and worked as a corrector for printer
Henri Estienne
Henri Estienne (; ; 1528 or 15311598), also known as Henricus Stephanus (), was a French printer and classical scholar. He was the eldest son of Robert Estienne. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by his father and would eventually tak ...
, and as a writer contributed work to collections edited by the theologian
Josse van Clichtove
Josse van Clichtove or Judocus Clichtoveus Neoportuensis ( Nieuwpoort, 1472/73 – Chartres 22 September 1543), was a Flemish theologian, priest and humanist.
Life
He received his education at Leuven and at Paris under Jacques Lefèvre d'Étapl ...
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Rufus
Rufus is a masculine given name, a surname, an Ancient Roman cognomen and a nickname (from Latin '' rufus'', "red"). Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Politicians
* Rufus Ada George (born 1940), Nigerian politician
* Rufus ...
Ancient Roman prosopographical lists