Antonius Rufus was the name of a number of men of

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: * Antonius Rufus (grammarian), Latin grammarian * Aulus Antonius Rufus, 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

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) for the province of

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around the 3rd century. There was an inscription to him in a temple dedicated to the

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in the legionary base of Poetovio (modern

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). *Antonius Rufus, a Jewish

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(or '' libertinus'') of the ''gens'' Antonia from Apollonopolis Magna (modern

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) who lived in the

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of that city in the 1st century, and is mentioned on several

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as the father of two sons, Nikon and Theodotos. *Marcus Antonius Rufus, a prominent Roman of the time of

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(that is, early 2nd century), who appears to have lived in

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, based on inscriptions we have of him there. * Antonius Rufus Vacariensis, Latin name of Antoine Roussel (that is, Antoine Roussel from

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(or Gerardus Rufus Vacariensis). He lived in the 16th century, and worked as a corrector for printer

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, and as a writer contributed work to collections edited by the theologian

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Rufus Rufus is a masculine given name, a surname, an Ancient Roman cognomen and a nickname (from Latin ''wikt:rufus, rufus'', "red"). Notable people with the name include: Given name Politicians * Marcus Caelius Rufus, (28 May 82 BC – after 48 ...

Ancient Roman prosopographical lists