It is possible that, as an Etruscan of equestrian rank - see below - Volusianus had social connections with powerful senatorial families of Etruscan provenance two of which achieved Imperial status in the mid-Third Century AD.
According to the Arretium Inscription Volusianus's career began he was already of equestrian rank, but it is not known if he was born into that level of society or achieved it as a result of his career.