Gens:

RUFIUS

Created:

8th October 2014

Update:

30th October 2014

Status Republic:

Patrician:

Pleb. Nobilis:

Senatorial:

Eques Romanus:

Republican Family / Cognomen

Patrician

n/a

Pleb. Nobilis

n/a

Senatorial

n/a

Equestrian

n/a

Imperial Family / Cognomen

Imperators

n/a

Consular

n/a

Senatorial

Clarus (?), Festus, Marcellinus, Proculus

Equestrian

Festus

Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors

0

Imperial Consuls and Emperors

0

incl. 0 emperors

Notes:

The Ceionii Ruffii can either descend through a Rufia married to a Ceionius (cf. Jacques) or a Rufius married to a Ceionia (cf.Barnes)

Articles

Barnes, T.D.: " Two Senators under Constantine", in The Journal of Roman Studies Vol.65, 1975, p.40-49 with stemma p.45

Jacques, Francois: "L'Ordine Senatorio attraverso la crisi del III secolo",  extract from

"Società romana e impero tardoantico, Istituzioni, ceti, economie", Vol.1, 1986, pp.81-225 + 650-664 (NOT AVAILABLE TO ME)

Matthews, John: "Continuity in a Roman Family; The Rufii Festi of Volsinii", in Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, Bd. 16, 1967, pp. 484-509

Settipani: Continuite Gentilice pp.151-165

Changes

20141030 Added Rufius Varenus (formerly known as Varenus Rufus (V177 in PIR 1st edition). Correct name known from new inscription, cf.

Sahin, N. Eda Akyürek: "Unter der Statthalterschaft des Rufius Varenus in Bithynien ehren die Trikkeanoi ihren Wohltäter Achaïkos "

in Gephyra Vol.9, 2012, pp.92-100 which also moves the date of his governorship from 105/106 AD to 102/103 AD (attested 102).

REPUBLIC

IMPERIAL

V177 RE Varenus 7

Rufius Varenus

procos Bithynia 102/103

R154 RE1

R156 RE2

R162 RE22 FOS669

L.Rufius Clarus Gallus

(Laelia Firma)

~

C.Rufius C.f. Festus

Rufia Aquilina

patron at Ostia

trib Pomp. ab Volsinii in Etruria

c(lar) f(em) or C.f.

probably senator

tr coh of V vig, XII urb, III praetoria

mid 2nd century

sub Pius (138/161)

procur Dalm et Histria

mid 2nd century or 2nd half 2nd century

R166

R157

RE3

R165 RE24 FOS671

Rufia Vestina Maxima

C.Rufius C.f. Festus Laelius Firmus

Rufia Procula C.f.

puella sub Ludi Saeculares 204

clar vir

clar fem

? ~ P. Tullius

?

R164 RE23a FOS513

R163 RE23 FOS670

R159

RE12

R158

RE11

T396

RE63 FOS767

Lusia Rufia Marcella

Rufia Marcella

C.Rufius C.f. Proculus

Rufius Marcellinus

Tullia P.f. Marsilla Qventinia

clar fem ab Ostia

clar fem

clar vir 236

Rossia Rufina Rufia Procula

late 2nd or early

3rd century

~ Sabinianus

? ~ Volusiana

BARNES

JACQUES

Rufius

<=>?

(C. Rufius)

OR

(Rufia)

~ Ceionia, sister to

~ Ceionius

?

Ceionius Varus, praef urb 284/5

R155

PLRE Festus 10

R161

RE Ceionius 17 RE Rufius 13

?

C609

Rufius Festus

C.Ceionius Rufius Volusianus

Ceionius Proculus

vir clar

cos suff a 281 procos Africa 305/6

cos suff 289

XVvir sf

PP 311 cos ord 311, cos ord II 314

2nd half 3rd century

corr Italia 281/3-289/291, PUR 313-315

or 1st Q 4th century

PLRE says c.320

~ (Nummia Albina), dt or grd dt of

Nummius Albinus cos II 263

cf PLRE Festus 12

C609

RE21 RE Rufius 4

N239

?

N231 PLRE Albinus 7

Rufius ? Festus

(filia)

Ceionius Rufius Albinus

Gaia Nummia Ceionia

M. Nummius Ceionius

corrector Lucania

*303 cos 335

C.f.Umbria Rufia Albina

Annius Albinus

et Bruttium

~ Caecina Sabinus, son of

PUR 335-337

pr urb c.320

early 4th century

Antonius Caecina Sabinus

vir clar

called Rullus Festus

cos ord 316

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PLRE Festus 12

PLRE Sabinus 13

PLRE Postumianus 3

Postumius Rufius Festus Avienius

Rufius Caeionius Sabinus

Postumianus

procos Achaia, procos Africa

vir clar ment 377

advocate ment 392

mid 4th century

pont maior

ab Volsinii, poet

augur publicus

~ Placida

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