Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SULP2316 Ser. Sulpicius (61) Ser. n. Galba

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • Before 89?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 43, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Possibly proscribed? Hinard 43 no. 132

  • 43?, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

grandson of
Ser. Sulpicius (58) Ser. f. P. n. Galba (cos. 144) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Suet. Galb. 3.2

son of
? Ser. Sulpicius (59) Ser. f. Ser. n. Galba (cos. 108) (Brennan 2000)
father of
C. Sulpicius (52) Galba (pr. late Republic) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Suet. Galb. 3.2

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 62 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably a Legate under Pomptinus in Transalpine Gaul (Dio 37.47-48; cf. 39.65.1). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 61 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • All three served under C. Pomptinus in Transalpine Gaul (Dio 37.47-48; and on Sulpicius, cf. 39.65.2), but their titles are not given. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 60 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Titles not preserved. These three served, almost certainly as Legates, under C. Pomptinus in Transalpine Gaul (Dio 37.48.1-2; cf. on Sulpicius, 39.65.2). See 61, Legates. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 58 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legates under Caesar in Gaul. The four unnamed Legates in Caesar's battle with Ariovistus probably were among these (BG 1.52. 1). See 57, Legates; and esp. D.-G. 3.696ff. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 57 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul (Suet. Galba 3.2; Dio 39.5.2; cf. Caes. BG 8.56.4); and attempted in autumn of this year to subdue the tribes about the Great Saint Bernard pass (Caes. BG 3.1-6; Dio 39.5.2-4; Oros. 6.8.1-5). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 56 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul (see 57, Legates, on his service during the winter of 57-56). He may have returned to Rome in 56. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Augur? 55 to 50 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • A probable member of the college of Augurs on the eve of the death of Hortensius. (Broughton MRR II)
    • A member of the college before 49 (Cic. Att. 9.9.3). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 54 Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Enabled his old commander Pomptinus to secure his triumph (Dio 39.65.2). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 755, footnote 478 (Brennan 2000)
  • Augur 49 to after 43 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Condemned under the Pedian law as one of Caesar's murderers, and not mentioned after 43 (Suet. Galba 3.2). See 50, Augurs. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Postponements of elections (Cic. Ad Brut. 1.5.4, and 14.1) prevented the appointment of successors until the hasty elections held at the end of the year by the Triumviri (see above, Consuls Suffecti, Praetors, Minucius; Dio 47.15.3-4). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Repulsa (Cos.) 49 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 43 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Sent by Decimus Brutus to bring despatches to the Senate (Cic. Fam. 11. 18. 1). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 43 Gallia Cisalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • A Legate under Hirtius (cf. Cic. Phil. 13.33) in command of the Martian legion who fought at Forum Gallorum (Cic. Fam. 10.30). He probably went on to serve under Decimus Brutus (see Envoys) and was condemned under the Pedian law as one of Caesar's murderers (Suet. Galba 3.2). (Broughton MRR II)

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