Lucius Minicius Rufus

Lucius Minicius Rufus was a

Rufus is known to have been

Bithynia et Pontus in AD 82/83, then afterwards appointed legatus propraetor, or imperial governor, of Gallia Lugdunensis for the years AD 83 to 87.^[1] These offices were followed by ordinary consul as the colleague of the emperor Domitian in AD 88.^[2]

Despite these promising achievements, Rufus, along with Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus, encountered the wrath of the emperor Domitian. According to Philostratus, Apollonius of Tyana journeyed to Rome to defend them in court. (Vita Apoll., vii.8-34)^[3]

References

^ Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 306-313
Classical Quarterly
, 31 (1981), p. 191

^ Philostratus (1809). Life of Apollonius of Tyana. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

Political offices

Preceded by
G. Cilnius Proculus
L. Neratius Priscus
as suffecti
Consul of the Roman Empire
January–April 88
with Domitian XIV
Decimus Plotius Grypus
Succeeded by
Q. Ninnius Hasta
L. Scribonius Libo Rupilius Frugi Bonus
as suffecti

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[1] Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 306-313

[2] Classical Quarterly
, 31 (1981), p. 191

[3] Philostratus (1809). Life of Apollonius of Tyana. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

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