Quintus Volusius (prefect)
Quintus Volusius also known as Quintus Volusius Saturninus[1] was a senator of the Roman Republic who lived in the 1st century BC.
He was originally from the city of Feronia, also known as Lucus Feroniae in Etruria.[2] He came from an ancient and distinguished Senatorial family, that never rose above the Praetorship.[3]
Volusius was a pupil of the Roman statesman Cicero in oratory.[4] He accompanied Cicero to Cilicia, where he held office under him.[5] While in Cilicia, Volusius served as a Prefect under Cicero in 51 BC to 50 BC.[6]
During his Prefectship in Cilicia, Cicero sent to Volusius to Cyprus.[7] When Volusius arrived on the island, he had heard and settled civil cases to a small group of Roman citizens that lived on the island. Cicero describes Volusius as a 'man both trustworthy and extraordinarily moderate'.[7]
Volusius married Claudia, the daughter of Pompey’s officer, Drusus Claudius Nero, and sister of the father of the future Roman emperor Tiberius, praetor Tiberius Claudius Nero.[8] Claudia bore Volusius one son, Lucius Volusius Saturninus[8] and a daughter, Volusia Saturnina.[9]
In fiction
- Volusius is a character in the novel titled Respublica: A Novel of Cicero's Roman Republic written by Richard Braccia which was released by AuthorHouse in 2009.
References
- ^ Rudolf Hanslik, "Q. Voluius 5", Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Supplement 9A, col. 1863
- ^ Romeins Imperium – Lucius Quintus Volusius Saturninus translated from Dutch to English
- ^ Tacitus, Annales XII.22
- ^ Quintus Volusius no.2 article at ancient library
- ^ Quintus Volusius no.2 article at ancient library
- ^ Romeins Imperium – Lucius Quintus Volusius Saturninus translated from Dutch to English
- ^ a b Jonathan Zarecki, "The Cypriot Exemption from Evocatio and the Character of Cicero’s Proconsulship", Greece & Rome, 59 (2012), pp. 46-55
- ^ a b Cicero, Ad Atticum, V, 21
- ^ Romeins Imperium – Lucius Quintus Volusius Saturninus translated from Dutch to English
Sources
- Tacitus, Annales
- Quintus Volusius no.2 article at ancient library
- Romeins Imperium – Lucius Quintus Volusius Saturninus translated from Dutch to English
- Jonathan Zarecki, "The Cypriot Exemption from Evocatio and the Character of Cicero’s Proconsulship", Greece & Rome, 59 (2012), pp. 46-55