- For other uses of the name Rufus, see Rufus
Rufus is a Roman cognomen borne by a number of individuals, including:
- Publius Sulpicius Rufus, politician and general of the 2nd century BC
- Publius Rutilius Rufus, politician, general and historian of the 2nd century BC
- Servius Sulpicius Rufus, orator of the 1st century BC
- Lucius Varius Rufus, poet of the 1st century BC
- Valgius Rufus, poet of the 1st century BC
- Musonius Rufus, Roman Stoic philosopher of the 1st century
- Marcus Caelius Rufus, politician of the 1st century BC
- Lucius Virginius Rufus, politician and general of the 1st century
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, historian of the 1st century|1st or 2nd century
- Calvisius Rufus, governor of Britain in the 3rd century
Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC The cognomen (plural cognomina) was originally the third name of an Ancient Roman in the Roman naming convention. Publius Sulpicius Rufus (ca 121 BC - 88 BC was an Orator and Statesman of the Roman Republic, legate in 89 to Gnaeus Pompeius Publius Rutilius Rufus (born 158 BC &ndash after 78 BC was a Roman statesman orator and historian of the Rutilius family as well as great-uncle of Gaius Julius Servius Sulpicius Rufus (ca 106 BC-43 BC surnamed Lemonia from the tribe to which he belonged Roman orator and Jurist. Lucius Varius Rufus (ca 74 - 14 BC Roman poet of the Augustan age Gaius Valgius Rufus, Latin Poet, friend of Horace and Maecenas, and Consul in 12 BC. Gaius Musonius Rufus, was a Roman Stoic Philosopher of the 1st century AD Marcus Caelius Rufus (82 BCE - 48 BCE was a Roman Orator and Politician. Lucius Verginius Rufus (AD 15-97 sometimes incorrectly called Lucius Virginius Rufus was a Roman patriot and soldier three times Consul (in 63 69 Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian who is generally thought to have written his works during the reign of Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD Calvisius Rufus was a governor of Britannia Inferior, a province of Roman Britain some time between AD 222 and 235.
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