Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VOLU2513 Q. Volusius (5)

Status

  • Eques R? Expand

    Nicolet Ref 404. Cic. Att. 5.2.4. praefectus

Career

  • Praefectus 51 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Sent to Cyprus by Cicero to attend to the litigation of the Roman citizens there (Cic. Att. 5.21.6; the praenomen Cn. in Att. 5.11.4 may be an error). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Prefect under Cicero in Cilicia in 51-50 (MRR 2.246, 254). He was very probably father of L. Volusius Saturninus, Cos. suff. 12, one of a family which, according to Tacitus (Ann. 3.30), had not risen beyond the praetorship. Hence he may have become a praetor. See Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 126, and NM 277- 278. no. 514; Syme, Historia 13, 1964, 156 (on his marriage to a Claudia) -RP 2.605-606. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Praefectus 50 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Served under Cicero in Cilicia (Cic. Fam. 5.20.4). See 51, Prefects. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Prefect under Cicero in Cilicia in 51-50 (MRR 2.246, 254). He was very probably father of L. Volusius Saturninus, Cos. suff. 12, one of a family which, according to Tacitus (Ann. 3.30), had not risen beyond the praetorship. Hence he may have become a praetor. See Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 126, and NM 277- 278. no. 514; Syme, Historia 13, 1964, 156 (on his marriage to a Claudia) -RP 2.605-606. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Praetor? after 50 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Prefect under Cicero in Cilicia in 51-50 (MRR 2.246, 254). He was very probably father of L. Volusius Saturninus, Cos. suff. 12, one of a family which, according to Tacitus (Ann. 3.30), had not risen beyond the praetorship. Hence he may have become a praetor. See Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 126, and NM 277- 278. no. 514; Syme, Historia 13, 1964, 156 (on his marriage to a Claudia) -RP 2.605-606. (Broughton MRR III)

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