Publius Cornelius Rufinus was a Roman politician and general of the third century BC.
He brought the Samnite War to an end in his first consulship, in 290 BC, with his colleague Manius Curius Denatus.
When Rufinus thanked him for the support, or when the people inquired why he voted for his opponent, Fabricius replied, "I would rather be robbed by a fellow countryman than sold by the enemy [as a slave].
"[1] Rufinus took up arms again because of the vulnerability of the enemy, in his second consulship in 277 BC, in which he captured the towns of Croton and Locri, but his reputation suffered severely because of his avarice and cruelty.
Two years later, Rufinus was expelled from the senate by Fabricius, who was censor at the time, when he was found to have possessed over ten librae (or pounds) of silver plate.