Lucius Volusius Saturninus (pontiff)
Lucius Volusius Saturninus (flourished second half of 1st century BC & first half of 1st century) was a member of the College of Pontiffs who 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 inscriptions dated from 40 to 60, a guild of the household staff maintainted a columbarium on the Appian Way for use of the members.[5]
Saturninus was admitted as a Pontiff in Rome.[6] He died in ca. 55 and was survived by a son, Lucius Volusius Saturninus from an unnamed wife.[7]
References
- ↑ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
- ↑ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
- ↑ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
- ↑ Tacitus, Annals: Part Two: Claudius & Nero, Chapter 11 – The Fall of Agrippina
- ↑ Treggiari, "Family Life among the Staff of the Volusii", Transactions of the American Philological Association, p. 393
- ↑ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
- ↑ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
Sources
- Tacitus, Annales
- Family Life Among the Staff of the Volusii by Susan Treggiari from the University of Ottawa
- Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
- Susan Treggiari, "Family Life among the Staff of the Volusii", Transactions of the American Philological Association, 105 (1975), pp. 393-401.