Lucius Arruntius

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Lucius Arruntius (ca. 60 BC – AD 10) was a Roman Admiral. He saw action during the War with Sextus Pompeius, and the war of Mark Antony and Augustus. He is most notable for his participation during the Battle of Actium, where he was in command of victorious Augustus' central division. He was also instrumental in convincing Octavian to pardon Gaius Sosius, one of Mark Antony's generals, after his capture.

A Lucius Arruntius is also mentioned in Seneca's Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Ep. Mor. 114.17) as an imitator of Sallustius' literary style and as the author of a historical work on the Punic War. This could either be the Arruntius mentioned above or his son, L. Arruntius, consul AD 6.

Preceded by Augustus and Aulus Terentius Varro Murena	Consul of the Roman Empire together with Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus 22 BC	Succeeded by Marcus Lollius and Quintus Aemilius Lepidus
Preceded by Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus and Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus	Consul of the Roman Empire together with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus 6	Succeeded by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus and Aulus Licinius Nerva Silianus