Rufus
Rufus, Rufus (Roman cognomen)
- a common Roman surname (like the German Roth, Rother), Quint. 1, 4, 25; Cic. Fam. 5, 19 tit.; 14, 14, 2 al.
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…ne triumpharent, calumnia paucorum, quibus omnia honesta atque inhonesta vendere mos erat, sed praetores Q. Pompeius Rufus Capuam, Q. Metellus Celer in agrum Picenum iisque permissum, uti pro tempore atque periculo exercitum conpararent .…
Sallust, Catilina
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…etiam ut dolere alterius improbe facto videatur. quid est enim aliud esse versutum memini me adesse P. Sextilio Rufo, cum is rem ad amicos ita deferret, se esse heredem Q. Fadio Gallo, cuius in testamento…
M. Tullius Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum
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…produci iubet. erant quinque senatorii ordinis, L. Domitius, P. Lentulus Spinther, L. Caecilius Rufus, Sex. Quintilius Varus quaestor, L. Rubrius ; praeterea filius Domiti aliique complures adulescentes et magnus numerus…
Julius Caesar, Civil War
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…eo duabus legionibus, ne ad eius periculum reservare et retinere eas ad urbem Pompeius videretur ; ut M. Rufus, qui sententiam Calidi paucis fere mutatis verbis sequebatur. hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur .…
Julius Caesar, Civil War
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…quas alii dicerent ; ut Q. Metello F ., ut Q. Caepioni, ut Q. Pompeio Rufo, quamquam is etiam ipse scripsit eas, quibus pro se est usus, sed non sine Aelio. his…
M. Tullius Cicero, Brutus
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…. Considius Longus unius legionis praesidio tuebatur. reliquae Caesaris naves eius fuga se Hadrumetum receperunt. hunc secutus Marcius Rufus quaestor navibus xii, quas praesidio onerariis navibus Curio ex Sicilia eduxerat, postquam in litore relictam navem conspexit ,…
Julius Caesar, Civil War
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…totius exercitus procul animadversa sese incolumes in castra conferunt. milites ad unum omnes interficiuntur. His rebus cognitis Marcius Rufus quaestor in castris relictus a Curione cohortatur suos, ne animo deficiant. illi orant atque obsecrant, ut in…
Julius Caesar, Civil War
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…tum cum P. Lentulus, is qui princeps senatus fuit, accusabat M. Aquilium subscriptore C. Rutilio Rufo, aut cum P. Africanus, homo virtute, fortuna, gloria, rebus gestis amplissimus, posteaquam bis…
Cicero, Divinatio in Q. Caecilium
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…Scaurus non fecisse videntur. tres candidati fore rei putabantur, Domitius a Memmio, Messalla a Q. Pompeio Rufo, Scaurus a Triario aut a L. Caesare. quid poteris inquies pro iis dicere ne vivam ;…
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
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…, placere eum quam amplissime supremo suo die efferri. et cum Ser. Sulpicius Q. f. lemonia Rufus ita de re publica meritus sit ut eis ornamentis decorari debeat, senatum censere atque e re publica existimare aedilis…
Cicero, Philippicae
The brother of P. Sulla by the same mother, but not by the same father. He was tribune of the plebs B.C. 63, when he rendered warm support to Cicero, and in particular opposed the agrarian law of Rullus. In his praetorship, B.C. 57, he joined most of the other magistrates in proposing the recall of Cicero from banishment.
A young Roman noble distinguished as an elegant writer and eloquent speaker, but equally conspicuous for his profligacy and extravagance. Notwithstanding his vices he lived on intimate terms with Cicero, who defended him in B.C. 56 in an oration still extant. The accusation was brought against him by Sempronius Atratinus, at the instigation of Clodia Quadrantaria, whom he had lately deserted. Clodia charged him with having borrowed money from her in order to murder Dion, the head of the embassy sent by Ptolemy Auletes to Rome, and with having made an attempt to poison her. In 52 Caelius was tribune of the plebs and in 50 aedile. During the years 51 and 50 he carried on an active correspondence with Cicero, who was then in Cilicia, and many of the letters which he wrote to Cicero at that time are preserved in the collection of Cicero's Letters. On the breaking out of the Civil War in 49 he espoused Caesar's side, and was rewarded for his services by the praetorship in 48. Being at this time overwhelmed with debt, he availed himself of Caesar's absence from Italy to bring forward a law for the abolition of debts. He was, however, resisted by the other magistrates and deprived of his office; whereupon he went into the south of Italy to join Milo (q.v.), whom he had secretly sent for from Massilia. Milo was killed near Thurii before Caelius could join him, and Caelius himself was put to death shortly afterwards at Thurii.
The colleague of Q. Fabius (B.C. 217) in the Second Punic War. See Fabius.
See Curtius.
See Sextus Rufus.
Valgius. See Valgius.