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List of Rufi

Quintus Marcius Rufus Quintus Marcius Rufus was a Roman commander of Marcus Licinius Crassus during the Third Servile War. History Rufus was born into a wealthy family of the Roman Republic around 100 BC. He was of the Marcia Gens. Rufus as a member of the wealthy Rom ...

, an officer of

Marcus Licinius Crassus Marcus Licinius Crassus (; 115 – 53 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who played a key role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. He is often called "the richest man in Rome." Wallechinsky, David & Wallace, ...

during the

Third Servile War The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars. This third rebellion was the only one that directl ...

in 71 BC *

Annius Rufus Annius Rufus succeeded Marcus Ambivulus as the 3rd Prefect of Judea in 12. History His tenure was apparently without incident since the only event that Josephus reports as occurring while he was in office is the death of Augustus in Rome in 14. He ...

, Prefect of Judea in 12 AD *

Calvisius Rufus Calvisius Rufus was a governor of Britannia Inferior, a province of Roman Britain during the reign of Severus Alexander (AD 222 and 235). It is unclear whether his governorship precedes or succeeds those of Claudius Apellinus and Valerius Crescen ...

, governor of Britain in the 3rd century AD *

Curtius Rufus Curtius Rufus () was a Roman professional magistrate of senatorial rank mentioned by Tacitus and Pliny the Younger for life events occurring during the reigns of the emperors Tiberius and Claudius. In all probability, he is to be equated with ...

, 1st-century Roman politician (possibly the same as Quintus Curtius Rufus) *

Faenius Rufus Lucius Faenius Rufus, an ''eques Romanus'', was praefectus annonae from AD 55 to 62. Tacitus reports that (unlike most holders of that office) he did ''not'' profit from it. With Tigellinus, he succeeded Sextus Afranius Burrus as praetorian prefe ...

(died 65), Roman senator and praefectus annonae, 55–62 AD *

Gaius Asinius Rufus Gaius Asinius Rufus (c. 110 – after 136) was a notable in Lydia in 134 and 135 who became a Roman Senator in 136. He was probably the son of Gaius Asinius Frugi (born c. 80), monet. of Phrygia between 98 and 116. He married Julia, daughter of A ...

(ca 110 – aft. 136), Roman Senator *

Lucius Passienus Rufus Lucius Passienus Rufus was a Roman senator and a ''novus homo'' of some oratorical talent. He was consul in 4 BC as the colleague of Gaius Calvisius Sabinus. He inherited the name, the wealth, and the influence of his uncle Sallust. Rufus is also ...

, consul in 4 BC *

Lucius Varius Rufus Lucius Varius Rufus (; 14 BC) was a Roman poet of the early Augustan age. He was a friend of Virgil, after whose death he and Plotius Tucca prepared the ''Aeneid'' for publication, and of Horace, for whom he and Virgil obtained an introduction ...

, poet of the 1st century BC * Lucius Vibullius Rufus, 1st- and 2nd-century Greek aristocrat *

Lucius Virginius Rufus Lucius Verginius Rufus (AD 1597; sometimes incorrectly called Lucius Virginus Rufus) was a Roman commander of Germania Superior during the late 1st century. He was three times consul (in 63, 69, and 97). He was born near Comum, the birthplace of bo ...

, politician and general of the 1st century *

Marcus Caelius Rufus Marcus Caelius Rufus (28 May 82 BC – after 48 BC) was an orator and politician in the late Roman Republic. He was born into a wealthy equestrian family from Interamnia Praetuttiorum (Teramo), on the central east coast of Italy. He is best know ...

, politician of the 1st century BC *

Marcus Cluvius Rufus Marcus Cluvius Rufus was a Roman consul, senator, governor, and historian who was mentioned on several occasions by Tacitus, Suetonius, Cassius Dio, Josephus and Plutarch. Career Cluvius was consul ''suffectus'' prior to AD 65; from how tho ...

, 1st-century consul, senator, governor, and historian *

Marcus Junius Rufus Marcus Junius Rufus was a Roman empire, Roman ''eques (ancient Rome), eques'' who lived in the 1st century. A member of the ancient Junius (gens), gens Junia, is best known for being praefectus or governor of Roman Egypt from 94 to 98. This was an ...

, 1st-century Roman politician *

Marcus Minucius Rufus (consul 221 BC) Marcus Minucius Rufus (died August 2, 216 BC) was a Roman consul in 221 BC. He was also Magister Equitum during the dictatorship of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus known as ''Cunctator''. He was a political enemy of Fabius Maximus. He was against ...

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 Messa ...

(c. 104/3 - 26 BC), Roman politician, and consul in 53 BC *

Musonius Rufus Gaius Musonius Rufus (; grc-gre, Μουσώνιος Ῥοῦφος) was a Roman Stoic philosopher of the 1st century AD. He taught philosophy in Rome during the reign of Nero and so was sent into exile in 65 AD, returning to Rome only under Gal ...

, Roman Stoic philosopher of the 1st century *

Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus Publius Aelius Vibullius RufusGraindor, P., ''Un milliardaire antique'' p. 29Day, J., ''An economic history of Athens under Roman domination'' p. 243 was a Greek aristocrat who lived in the 2nd century in the Roman period. He served as archon of At ...

, 2nd century Greek Aristocrat *

Publius Rutilius Rufus Publius Rutilius Rufus (158 BCafter 78 BC) was a Roman statesman, soldier, orator and historian of the Rutilia ''gens'', as well as a great-uncle of Gaius Julius Caesar (through his sister Rutilia, Caesar's maternal grandmother). He achieved th ...

, politician, general and historian of the 2nd century BC *

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 betwe ...

, politician and general of the 2nd century BC *

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 pleb ...

, 2nd- and 3rd-century BC Roman politician and consul 197 BC *

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 ...

(died 88 BC), Roman politician *

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 ...

(c. 90 – aft. 132 AD), Roman politician *

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 ...

, Roman politician *

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 Maced ...

, historian of the 1st century, 1st or 2nd century * Rufus (consul 457), consul in 457 AD *

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 bes ...

, 1st-century BC Roman general *

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 le ...

, orator of the 1st century BC *

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 ...

, poet of the 1st century BC

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