Licinius Rufinus
Marcus Gnaeus Licinius Rufinus (* around 185 in Thyateira , † after 238) was a Roman late classical lawyer and civil servant. After advancing to the rank of senator and completing the course honorum, he held the consulate in the late 220s or early 230s .
Rufinus came from the city of Thyateira in the Lydia region of Asia Minor , which was part of the Roman province of Asia . According to his origin, he was a knight and probably attended the law school in Beirut . Individual stations in his career as a lawyer and administrative officer are known from inscriptions. In 1994, the base of a statue was found in Thyateira, the inscription of which reflects his life, but without dating the offices.
Licinius Rufinus held several knightly court offices from about 211 to about 223: imperial consiliarius , from epistulis Graecis (secretary of the emperor for Greek correspondence), a studiis , a rationibus (responsible for financial administration) and a responsis or a libellis . He then rose to the rank of senator. Rufinus was governor of the province of Noricum after his praetur . His title in various inscriptions shows that he also reached the consulate. After all, Rufinus was a member of the Senate College ( Vigintiviri Committee ), which consisted of twenty men and which, together with the Senate Emperors Pupienus and Balbinus , formed the head of the Roman state in 238. The popular " Emperor's Friend " is also mentioned under his titles . The further path of life and the year of death of Rufinus are unknown.
In the legal literature Licinius Rufinus is named as the author of twelve libri regularum , of which only fragments are preserved as quotations in the digests . His writings flowed - also not preserved - into the collection of responses ( Resonsorum liber ) of professional colleague Iulius Gallus Aquila , where they formed the end of an edict mass . In turn, short text passages from responsa also flowed into the digests.
The identification of the jurist with the inscribed senator was first represented by Wolfgang Kunkel .
Inscriptions
- Tituli Asiae Minoris V, 2, 984 , 985 , 986 , 987 .
literature
- Felix Biedermann: The legal views of Licinius Rufinus. Kovač, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8300-7476-2 .
- Werner Eck , Tomasz Giaro : Licinius [II 22]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 7, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01477-0 , column 178.
- Detlef Liebs : Jurisprudence in late antique Italy (260-640 AD) , Freiburg legal-historical treatises, new series, volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, p. 130.
- Peter Herrmann : The career of a prominent lawyer from Thyateira . In: Tyche . Volume 12, 1997, p. 111ff.
- Fergus Millar : The Greek east and Roman law. The dossier of M. Cn. Licinius Rufinus . In: Journal of Roman Studies . Volume 89, 1999, pp. 90-108 (not evaluated).
- Michael Sommer : The soldier emperors . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2004, ISBN 3-534-17477-1 , p. 111ff.
Remarks
- ↑ AE 1997, 1425; Werner Eck : The emperor and his advisors. In: Anne Kolb (Ed.): Dominance structures and rule practice. Concepts, principles and strategies of administration in the Roman Empire. Academy, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-05-004149-8 , p. 71 f.
- ↑ L'Année épigraphique 1997, 1425; Werner Eck: The emperor and his advisors. In: Anne Kolb (Ed.): Dominance structures and rule practice. Concepts, principles and strategies of administration in the Roman Empire. Akademie, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-05-004149-8 , pp. 71 f .; TAM 5, 2, 984 (= CIG 3500 = IGRR 4, 1215) and 986 (= CIG 3499 = IGRR 4, 1216).
- ↑ Detlef Liebs : The Jurisprudence in Late Antique Italy (260-640 AD) , Freiburger Rechtsgeschichtliche Abhandlungen, New Series, Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, p. 130.
- ↑ D. 26,7,34 and 26,10,12.
- ↑ Wolfgang Kunkel : The Roman jurists. Origin and social position . Unchanged reprint of the 2nd edition from 1967. Cologne a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-412-15000-2 (originally published under the title Origin and Social Position of Roman Jurists ), p. 261 ff.
- ↑ Detlef Liebs: ANRW series II ( Römische Kaiserzeit ) 15, p. 357 (as well as fn. 365).
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SURNAME | Licinius Rufinus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rufinus, Marcus Gnaeus Licinius; Licinius Rufinus, Marcus Gnaeus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman official and governor of Noricum |
DATE OF BIRTH | at 185 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Thyateira |
DATE OF DEATH | after 238 |