Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SULP1417 Ser. Sulpicius (58) Ser. f. P. n. Galba

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Liv. 45.37.1, Juv. Sat. 8.1-32

Life Dates

  • 191?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R35, Evans & Kleijwegt p. 193.

  • 130?, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

son of
Ser. Sulpicius (57) Galba (pr. 187) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Quintil. inst. II 15.8

father of
C. Sulpicius (51) Ser. f. Ser. n. Galba (pr. before 109) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 98P.

Ser. Sulpicius (59) Ser. f. Ser. n. Galba (cos. 108) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 90, Cic. de orat. I 228

grandfather of
Ser. Sulpicius (61) Ser. n. Galba (pr. 54) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Suet. Galb. 3.2

Career

  • Tribunus Militum 168 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Served under Paullus at Pydna (Liv. 45.35.8; Plut. Aem. 30.3). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Tribunus Militum 167 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Probably all or almost all the Tribunes of the Soldiers and the Lieutenants who served in Macedonia and Illyria continued until their respective commanders returned. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Opposed granting Paullus a triumph because of his lack of generosity toward his soldiers (Liv. 45.35.8-9, and 36.2-6, cf. 36.7-39.20; Plut. Aem. 30.2-4, cf. 31-32.1).{435} (Broughton MRR I)
  • Augur? 155 to 131 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Praetor 151 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • He won a battle against Lusitanian invaders, but in the pursuit suffered losses. He wintered at Conistorgis (App. Ib. 58; Liv. Per. 48; Oros. 4.21.3; cf. Cic. Brut. 89; Nepos Cato 3.4; Val. Max. 8.1.2; Suet. Galba 3; Ps.-Ascon. 203 Stangl). (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 740, footnote 131 (Brennan 2000)
  • Proconsul 150 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cicero and Valerius Maximus call him Praetor at the time of the slaughter of the Lusitani, but the event appears to belong to his second year in Spain. Cf. Verres, called Praetor in Sicily, 73-71. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Continued in command in Farther Spain, where, along with Lucullus, he invaded Lusitania, and after inducing three tribes to surrender he treacherously slew 8000 persons and sold the rest into{457} slavery (App. Ib. 59-61; cf. Cic. Brut. 89; Nep. Cato 3.4; Liv. Oxy. Per. 49; Per. 49; Val. Max. 8.1.2, and 7.1; 9.6.2; Suet. Galba 3.2; Ps.-Ascon. 203 Stangl; Oros. 4.21.10). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul 144 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 52f., 124, 466f. (Ser. Sulpi[cius- - - -] Galba, L. Aurelius [- - - -]n. Cotta); Fast. Ant., ib. 160f. ([L. A]ureli. Cotta); Liv. Oxy. Per. 52; Val. Max. 6.4.2; Frontin. Aq. 1.7; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod. The Consuls contended for the Spanish command but at Scipio's suggestion both were passed over (Val. Max. 6.4.2). On Cotta, see Münzer, APF 320. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 141 Crete (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent as head of an embassy to Crete to mediate a war between Hierapytna and Itanos (Guarducci, I. Cret. 3.4.9, line 49, and 10, lines 57, 65f.; cf. I. v. Magn. 105, and SIG 685, lines 49 and 54) between the death of Ptolemy VI in 145 and the consulship of Laelius in 140. (Broughton MRR I)

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