Rufus, a Latin historian. See: [Quintius].——A friend of Commodus, famous for his avarice and ambition.——One of the ancestors of Sylla, degraded from the rank of a senator because 10 pounds’ weight of gold were found in his house.——A governor of Judæa.——A man who conspired against Domitian.——A poet of Ephesus in the reign of Trajan. He wrote six books on simples, now lost.——A Latin poet.——Sempronius. See: [Prætorius].
Rugia, now Rugen, an island of the Baltic.
Rugii, a nation of Germany. Tacitus, Germania, ch. 43.
Rupilius, an officer surnamed Rex, for his authoritative manners. He was proscribed by Augustus and fled to Brutus. Horace, bk. 1, satire 7, li. 1.——A writer whose treatises de figuris sententiarum, &c., were edited by Runken, 8vo, Leiden, 1786.
Ruscino, a town of Gaul at the foot of the Pyrenees. Livy, bk. 21, ch. 24.——A seaport town of Africa. Livy, bk. 30, ch. 10.
Ruscius, a town of Gaul.
Rusconia, a town of Mauritania. Livy, bk. 21, ch. 24.
Rusellæ, an inland town of Etruria destroyed by the Romans. Livy, bk. 28, ch. 45.
Ruspĭna, a town of Africa near Adrumetum. Silius Italicus, bk. 3, li. 260.—Hirtius, African War, li. 640.
Rustĭcus Lucius Junius Arulenus, a man put to death by Domitian. He was the friend and preceptor of Pliny the younger, who praises his abilities, and he is likewise commended by Tacitus, bk. 16, Histories, ch. 26.—Pliny, bk. 1, ltr. 14.—Suetonius, Domitian.——A friend of Marcus Aurelius.