Gens: RUFIUS
Created: 8th October 2014
Update:  30th October 2014
Status Republic: Patrician:     Pleb. Nobilis:       Senatorial:      Eques Romanus:  
Republican Family / Cognomen
Patrician n/a
Pleb. Nobilis n/a
Senatorial n/a
Equestrian n/a
Imperial Family / Cognomen
Imperators n/a
Consular n/a
Senatorial Clarus (?), Festus, Marcellinus, Proculus
Equestrian Festus
Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors 0
Imperial Consuls and Emperors 0 incl. 0 emperors
Notes: The Ceionii Ruffii can either descend through a Rufia married to a Ceionius (cf. Jacques) or a Rufius married to a Ceionia (cf.Barnes)
Articles Barnes, T.D.: " Two Senators under Constantine", in The Journal of Roman Studies Vol.65, 1975, p.40-49 with stemma p.45
Jacques, Francois: "L'Ordine Senatorio attraverso la crisi del III secolo",  extract from
"Società romana e impero tardoantico, Istituzioni, ceti, economie", Vol.1, 1986, pp.81-225 + 650-664 (NOT AVAILABLE TO ME)
Matthews, John: "Continuity in a Roman Family; The Rufii Festi of Volsinii", in Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, Bd. 16, 1967, pp. 484-509
Settipani: Continuite Gentilice pp.151-165
Changes 20141030 Added Rufius Varenus (formerly known as Varenus Rufus (V177 in PIR 1st edition). Correct name known from new inscription, cf.
Sahin, N. Eda Akyürek: "Unter der Statthalterschaft des Rufius Varenus in Bithynien ehren die Trikkeanoi ihren Wohltäter Achaïkos "
in Gephyra Vol.9, 2012, pp.92-100 which also moves the date of his governorship from 105/106 AD to 102/103 AD (attested 102).
REPUBLIC
IMPERIAL                                                            
V177 RE Varenus 7
Rufius Varenus
procos Bithynia 102/103
R154 RE1 R156 RE2 R162 RE22 FOS669
L.Rufius Clarus Gallus (Laelia Firma) ~ C.Rufius C.f. Festus Rufia Aquilina
patron at Ostia trib Pomp. ab Volsinii in Etruria c(lar) f(em) or C.f.
probably senator tr coh of V vig, XII urb, III praetoria mid 2nd century
sub Pius (138/161) procur Dalm et Histria
mid 2nd century or 2nd half 2nd century
 
R166 R157 RE3 R165 RE24 FOS671
Rufia Vestina Maxima C.Rufius C.f. Festus Laelius Firmus         Rufia Procula C.f.
puella sub Ludi Saeculares 204 clar vir clar fem
? ~ P. Tullius 
?
   
R164 RE23a FOS513 R163 RE23 FOS670 R159 RE12 R158 RE11 T396 RE63 FOS767
Lusia Rufia Marcella Rufia Marcella C.Rufius C.f. Proculus   Rufius Marcellinus Tullia P.f. Marsilla Qventinia  
clar fem ab Ostia clar fem clar vir 236 Rossia Rufina Rufia Procula 
late 2nd or early
3rd century ~ Sabinianus ? ~ Volusiana
 
BARNES JACQUES
Rufius <=>? (C. Rufius)         OR     (Rufia)    
~ Ceionia, sister to ~ Ceionius
? Ceionius Varus, praef urb 284/5
 
     
R155 PLRE Festus 10   R161 RE Ceionius 17 RE Rufius 13 ? C609  
Rufius Festus   C.Ceionius Rufius Volusianus       Ceionius Proculus
vir clar cos suff a 281 procos Africa 305/6 cos suff 289
XVvir sf PP 311 cos ord 311, cos ord II 314
2nd half 3rd century corr Italia 281/3-289/291, PUR 313-315
or 1st Q 4th century
PLRE says c.320 ~ (Nummia Albina), dt or grd dt of
Nummius Albinus cos II 263
   
cf PLRE Festus 12   C609 RE21 RE Rufius 4 N239 ? N231 PLRE Albinus 7
Rufius ? Festus   (filia)         Ceionius Rufius Albinus Gaia Nummia Ceionia   M. Nummius Ceionius
corrector Lucania *303 cos 335 C.f.Umbria Rufia Albina Annius Albinus
et Bruttium ~ Caecina Sabinus, son of PUR 335-337 pr urb c.320
early 4th century Antonius Caecina Sabinus vir clar
called Rullus Festus cos ord 316
   
PLRE Festus 12   PLRE Sabinus 13 PLRE Postumianus 3
Postumius Rufius Festus Avienius Rufius Caeionius Sabinus   Postumianus  
procos Achaia, procos Africa vir clar ment 377 advocate ment 392
mid 4th century pont maior
ab Volsinii, poet augur publicus
~ Placida