Ceionius Rufius Albinus (fl. 4th century) was a

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who was appointed

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in 335.

Life and career

Rufius Albinus was the son of Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus who was consul in 311 and 314 before being exiled. In 335 Rufius Albinus was appointed '' consul posterior'' alongside

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. Then from 30 December 335 until 10 March 337, he was ''

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'' of

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. Rufius Albinus was referred to as ''philosophus'', and may have been the author of works on logic and geometry. He may also have been the author of a history of Rome in verse. In around 337 the

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issued a decree honouring him for his services with a statue. Possibly married to Lampadia,Christian Settipani, ''Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l’époque impériale: mythe et réalité, Prosopographica et Genealogica'' vol. 2 (Linacre College, Oxford, 2000) they were perhaps the parents of Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus Lampadius, ''praefectus urbi'' of Rome in 365, and Ceionia Albina, mother of Melania the Younger.

Sources

* Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'', Vol. I AD 260–395, Cambridge University Press (1971)

References

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