Lucius Volusius Saturninus (Pontifex Maximus)

Lucius Volusius Saturninus (flourished second half of 1st century BC & first half of 1st century) was a Pontifex Maximus that lived in the Roman Empire.[1]

Saturninus was the first son born to the noted Roman statesman Lucius Volusius Saturninus and Cornelia Lentula,[2] while he had one brother, Quintus Volusius Saturninus who served as a consul of 56 and another unnamed brother.[3] The family of Saturninus had a distinguished reputation and a great fortune.[4] He was born and raised in Rome. From surviving inscriptional evidence from 40 til 60,[5] his family ran the columbarium on the Appian Way.[6]

Saturninus in his life became and served as a Pontifex Maximus in Rome.[7] He died in ca. 55 and was survived by a son, Lucius Volusius Saturninus from an unnamed wife.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
  2. ↑ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
  3. ↑ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
  4. ↑ Tacitus, Annals: Part Two: Claudius & Nero, Chapter 11 – The Fall of Agrippina
  5. ↑ Family Life Among the Staff of the Volusii by Susan Treggiari from the University of Ottawa, page 1
  6. ↑ Treggiari, Family Life among the Staff of the Volusii - Transactions of the American Philological Association
  7. ↑ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
  8. ↑ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll

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