Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SULP1886 P. Sulpicius (92) (Rufus)?

On his family and his plebeian status, see Shackleton Bailey, Studies 131- 132, and Onom. ; H. B. Mattingly (above, no. 60); P. B. Harvey, rev. of Shackleton Bailey, Studies, AJPh 101, 1980, 119. (Broughton MRR III)

Life Dates

  • 124?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R144, Evans & Kleijwegt p. 195.

  • 88, death - violent (Broughton MRR II) Expand

    Executed by Sulla.

Relationships

brother of
Ser. Sulpicius (19) (married to Anicia (18)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Nep. Att. 2.1

father of
P. Sulpicius (93) P. f. Rufus (pr. 48) (Broughton MRR III)
related to
T. Pomponius (102) Atticus (eq. R.) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Nep. Att. 2.1

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 90 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Cic. Brut. 304. See note 18. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 89 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate (Cic. Brut. 304). See 90, Legates and note 19; and above, note 15. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Tribunus Plebis 88 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Along with Antistius, he opposed the candidacy of Julius Caesar Strabo for the consulship (see above; Cic. Brut. 226-227; Har. Resp. 43; Ascon. 25C; Quintil. Inst. Or. 6.3.75; cf. FOR 2.195; Macrob. Sat. 1.11.32).He introduced four bills: one to recall exiles (Auct. Ad Herenn. 2.45; Liv. Per. 77); a second, to enroll the new Italian citizens and the freedmen in all the tribes (Ascon. 64C; App. BC 1.55-56; cf. Liv. Per. 77); a third, to limit the debts of senators to 2000 denarii (Plut. Sull. 8.2); and a fourth, to replace Sulla with Marius in the command against Mithridates (Liv. Per. 77; Diod. 37.29.2; Vell. 2.18.5-6; Val. Max. 9.7, ext. 1; Plut. Mar. 34- 35; Sull. 8.2; App. BC 1.55-56, cf. 59; Flor. 2.9.6; Ampel. 40.1; 42.1; Iul. Exup. 3; Schol. Clun. 270 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl; cf. Auct. Vir. Ill. 75.8). Meeting opposition from the Consuls, he had them forcibly expelled from the city and carried his measures. Sulla then appealed to his army, the Consuls occupied Rome, annulled the laws of Sulpicius, and decreed the exile and death of opposing leaders (see above, Consuls). Sulpicius was betrayed and put to death (Auct. Ad Herenn. 1.25; 4.31; Cic. De Or. 3.11; Vat. 23; Cat. 3.24; Leg. 3.20; Phil. 8.7; Har. Resp. 41; Brut. 227, 307; Lael. 2; Sall. Hist. 1.77.7M; Nepos Att. 2.1; Liv. Per. 77; Vell. 2.19.1; Val. Max. 6.5.7; Ascon. 64C; 80C; Plut. Sull. 10.1; App. BC 1.55-60; Flor. 2.9.8; Iul. Exup. 3; Oros. 5.19.6; on the annulment of the laws, see Cic. Phil. 8.7; App. BC 1.59). (Broughton MRR II)
    • In MRR 2.42-43, refer also to Cic. Har. Resp. 43-44; Ascon. 80C. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)

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