Rufus, C. Sextilius
2. was quaestor in Cyprus in B. C. 47, at which time Cicero wrote a letter to him, which is extant (ad Fam. 13.48). In the wars which followed the death of Caesar, Rufus joined the republican party and commanded the fleet of C. Cassius (ad Fam. 12.13.4).
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