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Quintus Corellius Rufus
1st century Roman senator, consul and governor · Politicians · Born 31
Quintus Corellius Rufus was a Roman senator who flourished during the second half of the first century; he was suffect consul for the nundinium of September-October 78 with Lucius Funisulanus Vettonianus as his colleague. Rufus is best known as a mentor to Pliny the Younger.
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In several letters Pliny writes warmly of Rufus, noting that he often sought his advice, recounting in one that on his deathbed Rufus told his daughter, "Through the benefit of a longer life I have gained many friends for you, but above all Secundus [Pliny the Younger] and Cornutus."