person
Marcus Titurnius Rufus
M. Titurnius Rufus
also: M. Titurnius Rufus, Titurnius, familia Titurnia, Titurnian family
The last surviving member of the Titurnian family (familia Titurnia), with whom Cicero had a long-standing tie of connection. Cicero commends him warmly to the proconsul M'. Acilius Glabrio in Sicily, asking that he find sufficient protection through Cicero's recommendation (Fam. 13.39, 46 BC).
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 13.39 §1 the Titurnian family
The gens Titurnia, a Roman family with which Cicero held an inherited bond of necessitudo (mutual obligation). M. Titurnius Rufus is named as the last surviving member of the line.
- Ad Familiares 13.39 §1 I therefore commend him to you in the strongest terms
A commendatio, the formal letter of recommendation by which a Roman of standing asked a magistrate or governor to extend favour and protection to a friend or client; Ad Familiares book 13 is largely composed of such letters.