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Publius Rutilius Rufus
Roman statesman and historian
Publius Rutilius Rufus ( BC&#;&#; after 78 BC) was a Roman statesman, soldier, orator and historian of the Rutilia gens, as well as a great-uncle of Gaius Julius Caesar (through his sister Rutilia, Caesar's maternal grandmother).
He achieved the highest political office in the Roman Republic when he was elected consul in BC.
During his consulship, he reformed the drill system and improved army discipline.
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As legate to Quintus Mucius Scaevola, he attempted to protect the inhabitants of Asia from extortion by the equites, which provoked them to raise the accusation of extortion from those provincials. The charge was false, but as the juries were chosen from the equestrian order, he was condemned.
He was exiled and went to Smyrna, where he wrote a history of Rome in Greek.
Early life
He was the third child of a Publius Rutilius,[citation needed] the other children being called Lucius and Rutilia (mother