Vulcacius Rufinus
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Vulcacius Rufinus was a Roman
politician, related to the Constantinian dynasty
.
, of Galla
(the mother of Constantius Gallus
), and of the mother, of unknown name, of Maximus. He was pontifex maximus
, consularis
for Numidia
, comes ordinis primi intra consistorium under the Emperor Constans I or his brother Constantius II
, comes per orientem Aegypti et Mesopotamiae per easdem vice sacra iudicans from 5 April 342, praetorian prefect of Italy from 344 to 347 (between the prefectures of Fulvius Placidus and Ulpius Limenius), consul ordinarius prior in 347 with Flavius Eusebius, praetorian prefect of Illyricum between 347 and 352.
While he was prefect, he was sent as an envoy by the usurper Magnentius
, who had ousted Constans, to Constantius II, along with Marcellinus, Maximus and Nunechius. Rufinus was not arrested, unlike his companions, and kept the prefecture of Illyricum under Costantius. In 354, after the fall of Magnentius, he was praetorian prefect of Gaul, living in the capital Constantina (Arles
), but was replaced by Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus Lampadius, perhaps because Rufinus was a relative of Constantius Gallus
, when Gallus fell into disgrace with the Emperor.
Between 365 and 368 he was the praetorian prefect for Italy, Gaul and Africa, succeeding Claudius Mamertinus. He died in service.
Roman Empire
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politician, related to the Constantinian dynasty
Constantinian dynasty
The Constantinian dynasty is an informal name for the ruling family of the Roman Empire from Constantius Chlorus to the death of Julian in 363. It is named after its most famous member, Constantine the Great who became the sole ruler of the empire in 324...
.
Biography
A pagan, Rufinus was the brother of Neratius CerealisNeratius Cerealis
Neratius or Naeratius Cerealis was a Roman senator and politician, Praefectus urbi and Consul.- Biography :He was the brother of Galla, wife of Julius Constantius, and half-brother of Vulcacius Rufinus, and probably had a son named Neratius Scopius...
, of Galla
Galla (wife of Julius Constantius)
Galla was a member of the Constantinian dynasty that ruled on the Roman Empire.- Biography :Galla was the sister of the consul Neratius Cerealis and of the praetorian prefect Vulcacius Rufinus....
(the mother of Constantius Gallus
Constantius Gallus
Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus , commonly known as Constantius Gallus, was a member of the Constantinian dynasty and Caesar of the Roman Empire . Gallus was consul three years, from 352 to 354.- Family :...
), and of the mother, of unknown name, of Maximus. He was pontifex maximus
Pontifex Maximus
The Pontifex Maximus was the high priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome. This was the most important position in the ancient Roman religion, open only to patricians until 254 BC, when a plebeian first occupied this post...
, consularis
Consularis
Consularis is a Latin word, derived from consulo, "take counsel".-Roman history:Originally it was simple and adjective meaning "consular", but more interestingly it has also become a substantive, used in technical meanings.* Any former consul...
for Numidia
Numidia
Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom in part of present-day Eastern Algeria and Western Tunisia in North Africa. It is known today as the Chawi-land, the land of the Chawi people , the direct descendants of the historical Numidians or the Massyles The kingdom began as a sovereign state and later...
, comes ordinis primi intra consistorium under the Emperor Constans I or his brother Constantius II
Constantius II
Constantius II , was Roman Emperor from 337 to 361. The second son of Constantine I and Fausta, he ascended to the throne with his brothers Constantine II and Constans upon their father's death....
, comes per orientem Aegypti et Mesopotamiae per easdem vice sacra iudicans from 5 April 342, praetorian prefect of Italy from 344 to 347 (between the prefectures of Fulvius Placidus and Ulpius Limenius), consul ordinarius prior in 347 with Flavius Eusebius, praetorian prefect of Illyricum between 347 and 352.
While he was prefect, he was sent as an envoy by the usurper Magnentius
Magnentius
Flavius Magnus Magnentius was a usurper of the Roman Empire .-Early life and career:...
, who had ousted Constans, to Constantius II, along with Marcellinus, Maximus and Nunechius. Rufinus was not arrested, unlike his companions, and kept the prefecture of Illyricum under Costantius. In 354, after the fall of Magnentius, he was praetorian prefect of Gaul, living in the capital Constantina (Arles
Arles
Arles is a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence....
), but was replaced by Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus Lampadius, perhaps because Rufinus was a relative of Constantius Gallus
Constantius Gallus
Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus , commonly known as Constantius Gallus, was a member of the Constantinian dynasty and Caesar of the Roman Empire . Gallus was consul three years, from 352 to 354.- Family :...
, when Gallus fell into disgrace with the Emperor.
Between 365 and 368 he was the praetorian prefect for Italy, Gaul and Africa, succeeding Claudius Mamertinus. He died in service.