•
Rufius Crispinus, or
Rufrius Crispinus, an
eques who rose to the rank of
praetorian prefect under
Claudius, and was rewarded with the
quaestorian insignia for apprehending
Decimus Valerius Asiaticus in AD 47.
Agrippina had him removed from his office in 52, and he was sent into exile in 66, as the former husband of the empress
Poppaea Sabina. Sentenced to death, he took his own life. • Rufius or Rufrius Crispinus, son of the praetorian prefect, was put to death by
Nero. • Lucius Rufius Clarus Gallus, patron of one of the artisanal colleges at
Ostia. • Rufia C. f. Aquilina, a woman from a senatorial family. • Ruffia Marcella, a woman from a senatorial family, was the wife of Sabinianus.
Rufii Festi • Gaius Rufius C. f. Festus,
procurator of
Dalmatia and
Histria in uncertain years. He was the father of Gaius Rufius Festus Laelius Firmus and Rufia Procula. • Gaius Rufius C. f. C. n. Festus Laelius Firmus, a man of
senatorial rank, was the son of Gaius Rufius Festus, the procurator. • (Rufius?) Festus, consul in 439 AD. •
Rufius Postumius Festus, consul in AD 472, was the last consul appointed by an emperor of the
West. He later became embroiled in papal politics, and in the early sixth century allied himself with
Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus.
Rufii Volusiani et Albini •
Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus, a man of senatorial rank, was
corrector of
Italy from about AD 282 to 290, governor of
Africa from 305 to 306, and subsequently praetorian prefect and
praefectus urbi. He was consul in 311 and 314, but his enemies brought him into disfavour, and he was exiled in 315. •
Ceionius Rufius C. f. Albinus, consul in AD 335, and subsequently
praefectus urbi, was a philosopher and possibly the author of a history of Rome, now lost. •
Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus signo Lampadius, praetorian prefect of Gaul in AD 355, and of Rome in 365. •
Ceionius Rufius C. f. Albinus,
praefectus urbi from AD 389 to 391. • Ceionius Rufius C. f. Volusianus, vicar of
Asia before 390. •
Rufius Antonius Agrypnius Volusianus,
praefectus urbi from AD 417 to 418, Rufius had previously been
proconsul of Africa, and would later serve as praetorian prefect of Italy. He was a leading voice in Rome's surviving pagan minority, and was a correspondent of
Saint Augustine. According to the
Life of Saint Melania,
his niece convinced him to convert to Christianity on his deathbed in 437.
Others • Rufius Festus, the author of
Breviarium Rerum Gestarum Populi Romani, an abridgement of Roman history based on
Eutropius and
Florus. The work is dedicated to the emperor
Valens, and must have been written about AD 369. He may be the same person as the poet Rufius Festus Avienus. •
Sextus Rufius Festus, perhaps the correct name of the author of
De Regionibus Urbis Romanae, a work on the geography of the city of Rome, and a history under the title of
Breviarium de Victoriis and Provinciis Populi Romani, dedicated to Valens. He may be identical with Rufius Festus, the author of
Breviarium Rerum Gestarum Populi Romani, and Rufius Festus Avienus, the poet and writer on geography. •
Rufius Probianus, a
vicarius, or deputy governor, of an uncertain province
circa AD 400. • Rufius Caecina Felix Lampadius,
praefectus urbi of Rome under Valentinian III and Theodosius II, made major repairs to the Colosseum following an earthquake. • Rufius Praetextatus Postumianus, twice
praefectus urbi, was consul in AD 448. •
Rufius Viventius Gallus, brother of Postumianus, was
praefectus urbi at some point in the mid fifth century. • Rufius Opilio, presumably identical with either Opilio, consul in 453, or
Venantius Opilio, consul in 524. • Rufius Achilius Maecius Placidus, consul in AD 481. •
Rufius Achilius Sividius, quaestor and
praefectus urbi, was appointed consul by
Odoacer in AD 488. •
Turcius Rufius Apronianus Asterius,
praefectus urbi, and consul in AD 494. He edited a text of Vergil's
Codex Mediceus, and married Vigilia, the daughter of
Reparatus, and niece of
Pope Vigilius. According to the
Liber Pontificalis, enemies of the pope had him arrested during the night, and beaten to death. • Rufius Turcius Apronianus, a
vir clarissimus named in an undated seat in the Colosseum. •
Rufius Magnus Faustus Avienus, consul in AD 502, and later
praetorian prefect of Italy. •
Rufius Petronius Nicomachus Cethegus, consul in AD 504. He was a leading voice in the Roman senate, of which he was president when Rome was
sacked by
Totila in 546. Rufius fled to
Constantinople, where he was received with honour by
Justinian. •
Rufius Gennadius Probus Orestes, consul in AD 530, was among a number of ex-consuls and other
nobiles taken prisoner by Totila in 546. He was freed by a Byzantine patrol the following year, but due to a lack of available horses could not be evacuated, and was subsequently taken prisoner by the Goths, who put him to death in 552, as the general
Narses recaptured the city of Rome. ==See also==