Quintus Pomponius Rufus
Quintus Pomponius Rufus | |
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suffect consul | |
Quintus Pomponius Rufus was a
Career
An inscription from the Arch of Trajan in
The next issue, in chronological order, is that he was commissioned
A fourth issue is the inscription records he was legatus Augusti pro praetor provinciarum Moesia Dalmatia [et] Hispania, or governor of three
According to the inscription on the Arch of Trajan, Rufus was a member of the
His first appointment after his tenure as suffect consul was curator operum publicorum, or overseer of public works in Rome. The two appointments to the provinces mentioned above followed -- Dalmatia and Moesia Inferior. The final office Rufus held is known from the before-mentioned Arch of Trajan; Rufus achieved the mark of a successful senatorial career by being proconsular governor of Africa in 110/111.[6] This inscription was the work of his own legatus or adjucant, Lucius Asinius Rufus.
When Rufus stepped down as proconsul in the year 111, he was at least 72 years old. Based on our knowledge of ancient Roman demographics, it is likely Pomponius Rufus died soon after he returned to Rome.
See also
References
- Classical Quarterly, 31 (1981), pp. 192, 218
- ^ CIL VIII 13 = ILS 1014, supplemented by AE 1948, 3
- ^ a b c Review of Die Statthalter der römischen Provinz Dalmatien von Augustus bis Diokletian by Adolf Jagenteufel Gnomon, 31 (1959), p. 512
- ^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 320-323
- ^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", pp. 330-332
- ^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", p. 349
Further reading
- D. Knibbe, R. Meriç and R. Merkelbach, "Der Grundbesitz der ephesischen Artemis im Kaystrostal", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 33 (1979), pp.