Licinius Rufinus

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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 .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ Detlef Liebs : The Jurisprudence in Late Antique Italy (260-640 AD) , Freiburger Rechtsgeschichtliche Abhandlungen, New Series, Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, p. 130.
  4. ↑ D. 26,7,34 and 26,10,12.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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