Lucius Volusius Saturninus (consul 87)

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Lucius Volusius Saturninus was a Roman Senator who lived in the 1st century. He served as an ordinary consul in 87, as the colleague of the emperor Domitian. [1] He is known entirely from inscriptions.

Saturninus was of patrician status, [2] one of three known children of Quintus Volusius Saturninus and his wife Nonia Torquata; the others included Quintus Volusius Saturninus, consul of 92, and Volusia Torquata. [3] According to inscriptional evidence, his wife was a patrician named Licinia Cornelia. [2] [4] Licinia and Saturninus had a son called Lucius Volusius Torquatus. [5]

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References

  1. Jones, The Emperor Domitian, pp. 165, 176
  2. 1 2 Jones, The Emperor Domitian, p. 165
  3. PIR, stemma for V 666
  4. PIR I V 666
  5. Rüpke, Fasti sacerdotum, p.1288

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Political offices
Preceded byas Suffect consuls Consul of the Roman Empire
87
with Domitian XIII,
followed by Gaius Calpurnius Piso Crassus Frugi Licinianus
Succeeded byas Suffect consuls