Marcus Junius Rufus


Marcus Junius Rufus was a Roman eques who lived in the 1st century. A member of the ancient Junius, is best known for being praefectus or governor of Roman Egypt from 94 to 98.
During his tenure in Egypt Rufus married Claudia Capitolina, the daughter of Tiberius Claudius Balbilus, who had been governor of Egypt a generation before. He was Capitolina's second husband; her first husband was the prince of Commagene, Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes who had died in Athens in 92.
After Junius Rufus stepped down from his appointment in Egypt, his life is a blank.