SULP2182 P. Sulpicius (15) Q. f. Rufus

Status

  • Patrician?

Relationships

son of
? Q. Sulpicius (not in RE) Lem. (eq. R.) (DPRR Team)
brother of
Ser. Sulpicius (95) Q. f. Lem. Rufus (cos. 51) (Broughton MRR III)

Career

  • Quaestor 69 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 8 It is possible, though not very probable, that this Quaestor of 69 should be identified with Caesar's Legate in 55, who was Praetor in 48, and Censor in 42. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cic. Verr. 1.30; Schol. Gron. 337 Stangl; cf. Ps.-Ascon. 216 Stangl. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Senator in 70. A juror in the trial of Verres (Cic. Verr. 1.30), he was a senator at the time, but as he was going to become a quaestor on December 5 of that year, he must have been one of Sulla's appointees. See Schol. Gron. 337St and cf. Ps. Ascon. 216St. See also E. Gabba, Republican Rome 60-61, and 214, note 17; Nicolet, Ordre equestre 585.[200] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 46 Illyricum (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • The long interval between the quaestorship in 69 of the juror in the case of Verres (Cic. Verr. 1.30; no. 15; see MRR 2.132) and the praetorship in 48 (Caes. BC 3.101 [not 103]; cf. Dio 42.13.1) casts doubt on the identification of RE no. 15 with no. 93. A coin of Sinope shows that P. Sulpicius Rufus, with the filiation Q. f., was governor of Bithynia and Pontus in 46-45 (M. Grant, FITA 12, note 2; MRR 2.310), and makes it possible for Sumner (Phoenix 25, 1971, 249-250) to distinguish between the careers of two men named P. Sulpicius Rufus. One, Q. f., would be a brother of the jurist (no. 95, Cos. 51), and the quaestor of 69 and proconsul of Bithynia and Pontus in 46-45 (Grant, loc. cit.; Magie, RRAM 1270, note 40; MRR 2.299 and 310). The other, P. f., son of the tribune of 88, legate of Caesar attested in 55, 52, and 49 (Caes. BG 4.22.6; 7.90.7; BC 1.74.6; MRR 2.219, 239, 269), was probably a quaestor before his service with Caesar, saw active service while praetor in 48 (Caes. BC 3.101; MRR 2.273), and was acclaimed imperator while in command in Illyricum in 47-46 (Cic. Fam. 13.77; note the correction required in MRR 2.299). Censor 42. P. Sulpicius P. f. was most probably Caesar's officer, the praetor of 48 (RE no. 93; see MRR 2.358-359). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 45 Bithynia, Pontus (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Proconsul in Bithynia and Pontus, until succeeded by Q. Marcius Crispus (see 46, Promagistrates). On his founding of Sinope, see Grant, From Imperium to Auctoritas 12, note 2. (Broughton MRR II)
    • The long interval between the quaestorship in 69 of the juror in the case of Verres (Cic. Verr. 1.30; no. 15; see MRR 2.132) and the praetorship in 48 (Caes. BC 3.101 [not 103]; cf. Dio 42.13.1) casts doubt on the identification of RE no. 15 with no. 93. A coin of Sinope shows that P. Sulpicius Rufus, with the filiation Q. f., was governor of Bithynia and Pontus in 46-45 (M. Grant, FITA 12, note 2; MRR 2.310), and makes it possible for Sumner (Phoenix 25, 1971, 249-250) to distinguish between the careers of two men named P. Sulpicius Rufus. One, Q. f., would be a brother of the jurist (no. 95, Cos. 51), and the quaestor of 69 and proconsul of Bithynia and Pontus in 46-45 (Grant, loc. cit.; Magie, RRAM 1270, note 40; MRR 2.299 and 310). The other, P. f., son of the tribune of 88, legate of Caesar attested in 55, 52, and 49 (Caes. BG 4.22.6; 7.90.7; BC 1.74.6; MRR 2.219, 239, 269), was probably a quaestor before his service with Caesar, saw active service while praetor in 48 (Caes. BC 3.101; MRR 2.273), and was acclaimed imperator while in command in Illyricum in 47-46 (Cic. Fam. 13.77; note the correction required in MRR 2.299). Censor 42. P. Sulpicius P. f. was most probably Caesar's officer, the praetor of 48 (RE no. 93; see MRR 2.358-359). (Broughton MRR III)