person
Lucius Egnatius Rufus
L. Egnatius
also: Egnatius
Roman banker and knight, close friend of Cicero with provincial business interests in Asia and elsewhere. Cicero commends his agents and slaves in Fam. 13.43, 13.45, and other recommendations.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 11.3 §3 The money is with Egnatius
L. Egnatius Rufus, a banker through whom Cicero held funds; Cicero prefers to leave the deposit untouched rather than risk moving it in the unsettled situation.
- Ad Atticum 13.34 §1 you can manage that through Egnatius Maximus
Egnatius Maximus, identified with the banker L. Egnatius Rufus, is the agent through whom Atticus can arrange to delay Cicero's return to Rome. The identification is probable rather than certain.
- Ad Familiares 13.43 §1 he also has charge of the affairs of L. Egnatius Rufus, the one Roman knight with whom I am most closely connected
L. Egnatius Rufus was a banker and Roman knight with extensive provincial business interests; Cicero repeatedly commended his agents to provincial governors. Oppius here acts as his procurator (business manager) in his absence.
- Ad Familiares 13.74 §1 the business affairs of the absent L. Egnatius
L. Egnatius Rufus was a Roman banker and knight with provincial business interests in the East; "absent" because he managed those affairs through agents while remaining at Rome. Cicero commends his interests as if they were his own.