Gaius Antonius Rufus

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Gaius Antonius Rufus (full name form Gaius Antonius Marci filius Voltinia Rufus ) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( eques ) living in the 1st century AD . Individual stations of his career are known through an inscription that was found in Alexandria Troas and which is dated to 41/68 AD. The inscription is available in four versions; his career is shown in all versions in ascending order.

Office career

First he took over the function of a priest ( Flemish ) for the deified Gaius Iulius Caesar ( Divi Iuli flamini ) in the city of Alexandria Troas in Asia Minor . After that, he became a priest of the deified Augustus both in Apri and in Philippi ( flamini divi Augusti coloniae claudiae Aprensis et coloniae Iuliae Philippensis ).

This was followed by his military career. It consisted of the usual tres militiae for a member of the equestrian order . First he took over the management of the Cohors XXXII Voluntariorum as a tribune . He then became a tribune in Legio XIII Gemina . The command as prefect of the Ala I Scubulorum formed the conclusion . All units were believed to have been stationed in the Pannonia Province when he took up his respective posts.

Origin and family

Rufus was registered in the Voltinia tribe . He came either from Apri ( Colonia Claudia Aprensis ), from Philippi ( Colonia Iulia Philippensis ), from Parion ( Colonia Iulia Pariana ) or possibly from Alexandria Troas . The first two cities were inscribed in the Voltinia tribe . In the first three cities he had the rank of princeps .

In Philippi, Rufus had a tombstone erected for his father, Marcus Antonius Bassus . An Antony also appears in an incomplete inscription found in Parion.

literature

  • Ségolène Demougin: Prosopographie des Chevaliers Romains Julio-Claudiens (43 av. J.–C. - 70 ap. J.–C.) , Collection de l'École Francaise de Rome 153, 1992, ISSN  0223-5099 , ISBN 2- 7283-0248-7 ( online ).

Remarks

  1. ^ Ségolène Demougin suspects that Rufus probably comes from Philippi ; however, Eric Birley assumes that Alexandria Troas was the hometown of Rufus.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CIL 3, 386
  2. ↑ a b c d Ségolène Demougin, Prosopographie, pp. 522–524, no. 624.
  3. ↑ CIL 3, 12312
  4. ↑ CIL 3, 7064
personal data
SURNAME Rufus, Gaius Antonius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 1st century