Lucius Volusius Saturninus (Pontifex Maximus)

Lucius Volusius Saturninus (flourished second half of 1st century BC & first half of 1st century) was a Pontifex Maximus that 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 inscriptional evidence from 40 til 60,[5] his family ran the columbarium on the Appian Way.[6]

Saturninus in his life became and served as a Pontifex Maximus in Rome.[7] He died in ca. 55 and was survived by a son, Lucius Volusius Saturninus from an unnamed wife.[8]

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