Aradius Rufinus (Consul 311)
Quintus Aradius Rufinus was a Roman statesman of late antiquity who made a career under Maxentius as well as under his opponent and later Emperor Constantine the Great .
Aradius Rufinus belonged to the African family of the Aradii , in the 4th century one of the most influential aristocratic families in Rome . He was 304/305 (?) And 312/313 city prefect of Rome ( praefectus urbi ). In 311 he held the consulate for Italy and Africa , that is, in the provinces that were under the control of Maxentius, together with Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus . He also served as city prefect under Maxentius and was initially deposed after his defeat in the battle of Milvian Bridge in 312. Shortly afterwards, however, Constantine reinstated it.
Lucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus wrote a preserved epigram on Aradius, in which he alluded to his servitude for both "good emperors" (di Konstantin) and "tyrants" (Maxentius).
literature
- Edward Courtney: The Fragmentary Latin Poets . Oxford University Press 2003, ISBN 978-0-19-926579-4 , p. 452 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
- Arnold Hugh Martin Jones , John Robert Martindale, John Morris : Aradius Rufinus 10. In: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1971, ISBN 0-521-07233-6 , p. 775.
- Michele Renee Salzman: The making of a Christian aristocracy: social and religious change in the western Roman Empire . Harvard University Press 2002, ISBN 978-0-674-00641-6 , p. 95 ( limited preview in Google book search)
- Otto Seeck : Aradius 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 371 (partly out of date).
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aradius Rufinus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aradius Rufinus, Quintus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th century |