person
Publius Rutilius Rufus
P. Rutilius
Roman consul 105 BC, austere Stoic; condemned in 92 BC for repetundae as legate in Asia, despite his probity. The locus classicus of judicial injustice.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 4.16 §2 P. Rutilius
P. Rutilius Rufus, consul 105 BC, a Stoic statesman later condemned and exiled in a notorious miscarriage of justice; Cicero presents him as the source for the conversation.
- On Duties §2.47 Publius Rutilius
Publius Rutilius Rufus (consul 105 BC), Stoic, jurist, and exemplar of probity, later unjustly condemned for extortion. Cicero names him as a young man formed in the house of Publius Mucius.
- Against Piso §95 P. Rutilius
P. Rutilius Rufus, consul 105 BC; condemned in 92 BC for repetundae in his governorship of Asia, despite (or because of) his austere honesty — which threatened the publicans on the equestrian juries. The locus classicus for the failure of provincial-governor courts under equestrian juries.