Lucius Volusius Saturninus was a Roman Senator who lived in the 1st century. He served as an ordinary consul in 87, as the colleague of the

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Domitian Domitian (; la, Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 81 to 96. The son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, his two predecessors on the throne, he was the last member of the Flavi ...

. He is known entirely from inscriptions. Saturninus was of patrician status,Jones, ''The Emperor Domitian'', p. 165 one of three known children of

Quintus Volusius Saturninus Quintus Volusius Saturninus (born AD 25) was a Roman Senator who lived in the Roman Empire during the Principate. He was consul in the year 56 with Publius Cornelius Scipio as his colleague. Family background The Volusii, according to Tacitus, ...

and his wife Nonia Torquata; the others included

, consul of 92, and Volusia Torquata. According to inscriptional evidence, his wife was a patrician named Licinia Cornelia. Licinia and Saturninus had a son called Lucius Volusius Torquatus.Rüpke, ''Fasti sacerdotum'', p.1288

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*B. Jones, ''The Emperor Domitian'' (Google eBook), Routledge, 2002 *J. Rüpke, ''Fasti sacerdotum'', Franz Steiner Verlag, 2005 {{DEFAULTSORT:Volusius Saturninus, Lucius 1st-century Romans Imperial Roman consuls Roman patricians Saturninus, Lucius (consul 87)