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Lucius Volusius Saturninus (Pontifex Maximus)

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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.

Saturninus was the first son born to the noted Roman statesman Lucius Volusius Saturninus and Cornelia Lentula, while he had one brother, Quintus Volusius Saturninus who served as a consul of 56 and another unnamed brother. The family of Saturninus had a distinguished reputation and a great fortune. He was born and raised in Rome. From surviving inscriptional evidence from 40 til 60, his family ran the columbarium on the Appian Way.

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

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