Publius Cornelius Rufinus (Consul)

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Publius Cornelius Rufinus was a Roman senator , politician, and military officer.

Publius Cornelius Rufinus, probably the son of the dictator of the same name from 333 BC. BC, was one of the most influential politicians at the beginning of the third century BC. In 290 BC He was first consul together with Manius Curius Dentatus . Together they ended the third Samnite War and were honored with the triumph for it . Before 285 BC He held the office of dictator . In 277 he was a second time, at the side of Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus , consul. In this capacity he conquered Croton during the Pyrrhic War . Rufinus was notorious for his excessive greed. Because he had violated the luxury restrictions imposed on the senators - Rufinus owned ten pounds of silver tableware - the censor Gaius Fabricius Luscinus violated him in 275 BC. From the Senate .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Georg Gundel : Cornelius 58. In: Der Kleine Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 1312.
  2. ↑ On his political career compare: T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, pp. 183 f., P. 187 and p. 194 f., (Unchanged reprint 1968).

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personal data
SURNAME Cornelius Rufinus, Publius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rufinus, Publius Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 290 and 277 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC Chr.