Lucius Arruntius (consul 22 BC)

Life

Arruntius came of an opulent family at the Volscian city of Atina. His wealth made him a target in the proscriptions of the Second Triumvirate, which he evaded by arming his clientes and slaves then fighting his way to the Italian coast, from whence he sailed to join the forces of Sextus Pompeius. At some point after the Pact of Misenum was concluded in 39 BC, Arruntius was one of several Pompeians who switched sides and became a supporter of Octavian.

Martha Hoffman Lewis included Arruntius among those elevated to patrician status in 29 BC. He attended the Ludi Saeculares in 17 BC according to an inscription as a quindecimviri sacris faciundis. According to Gaius Stern, he appears on the Ara Pacis within the college of the quindecimviri sacris faciundis.

A Lucius Arruntius is also mentioned in Seneca's Epistulae morales ad Lucilium as an imitator of Sallustius' literary style and as the author of a historical work on the Punic War. This could either be the Arruntius mentioned above or his son.