Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

BAEB1325 Q. Baebius (40) Sulca

Relationships

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Baebia (47b) (daughter of Q. Baebius (40) Sulca (pr.? 175)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

IG V.2.146, 147

Career

  • Praetor? 175 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • On the Praetors of 175, see especially Münzer, APF 218f. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Conceivably there were in 175, as in 179 and 177, only four Praetors, the number prescribed by the Baebian law. This law however did not prevent the election of six Praetors in 173 and thereafter, and may have been repealed or superseded by 175. Moreover, in 173 Baebius Sulca and Lutatius Cerco are found listed in an embassy in an order suitable for ex-Praetors (Liv. 42.6.5), but appear in no previous list of Praetors. In all probability there were six Praetors including these two in 175. Cf. Willems, Sénat 1.347f., note 6; 2.504. On these Praetors, see Münzer, APF 218f.; and for the possibility that one of the missing Praetors in 175 or 174 was P. Cornelius Blasio, see Holleaux, BCH 48 (1924) 381ff. See also 165, Praetors. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Named third in a group of five legates headed by a consular who were sent to Alexandria in 173. He was probably an ex-Praetor, and if so, held the office in 175. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 734, footnote 90 (Brennan 2000)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 173 Macedonia, Aegyptus (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to King Perseus to observe conditions in Macedonia, and to Alexandria to renew Roman friendship with King Ptolemy (Liv. 42.6.4-5). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 47, no. 36. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Leg., amb. 173, no. c (MRR 1.409). Valerius and the other members of this embassy were sent to other cities and states as well, Pergamum, Syria, cities in Asia and perhaps in Cappadocia and Bithynia too: cf. in 172, Liv. 42.17.1 and 26.7-9 (MRR 1.414; see Meloni, Perseo 149, 163, 165, notes 2 and 3, and 166; Walbank, Comm. Polyb. 3.289). (Broughton MRR III)

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