Tomb of Lucius Verginius Rufus
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Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
The Tomb of Lucius Verginius Rufus was located at ancient Alsium. Lucius Verginius Rufus (d. 97 CE) was a colleague of Nero and guardian of the younger Pliny, with the latter recording Verginius Rufus' epitaph.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/346600104
41.9414429679, 12.0860614582
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- OSM location of Tomb of Lucius Verginius Rufus (AD 1 - AD 99) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Tomb of Lucius Verginius Rufus located at Ladispoli (unspecified date range)
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Pliny the Younger (Epistulae 9.19): Hic situs est Rufus, pulso qui Vindice quondam imperium adseruit non sibi sed patriae. ("Here lies Rufus, who once defeated Vindex and claimed imperial power not for himself, but for his country.")
Jeffrey Becker, 'Tomb of Lucius Verginius Rufus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/346600104> [accessed: 22 July 2026]
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