Publius Cornelius Rufinus was a dictator during the Roman Republic.
Rufinus belonged to the famous patrician gens Cornelia, as well as being the earliest recorded member of the branch of the family, the gens Cornelii Rufinii et Sullae.
However, the historicity of the Dictator Years is usually rejected by modern historians.
[2] He was a alleged distant patriarchal ancestor of the dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
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