Rufio(76 words)
[German version]
(or possibly Rufinus, cf. [1. 163 f.4]). Son of a freedman of Caesar (cf. [2. I 56]), whom the latter left behind in Alexandria [1] in 47 BC as the commander of three legions. R.'s characterization as Caesar's 'lover' (exoletus: Suet. Iul. 76,3) is likely to be polemical.
Ameling, Walter (Jena)
Bibliography
1 P. Graindor, La Guerre d'Alexandrie, 1931
2 H. Solin, Die stadtrömischen Sklavennamen, 1996.
G. Geraci, Genesi della provincia romana d'Egitto, 1983, 26 f.
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Ameling, Walter (Jena),
“Rufio”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1025460>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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