Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SULP2430 P. Sulpicius (93) P. f. Rufus

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • Before 99?, birth (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

son of
P. Sulpicius (92) (Rufus)? (tr. pl. 88) (Broughton MRR III)
married to
? Iulia (544) (daughter of? C. Iulius (135) L. f. Caesar Strabo Vopiscus (aed. cur. 90)) (Zmeskal 2009)
father of
? Sulpicia (112) (daughter of? P. Sulpicius (93) P. f. Rufus (pr. 48)) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Quaestor? before 55 (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)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 55 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul (Caes. BG 4.22.6). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 54 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Served under Caesar in Gaul. See 55, and 53-49, Legates. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 53 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul (see 55 and 52, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 52 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul (Caes. BG 7.90.7). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 51 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul (see 52, and 49, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 50 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul (see 52, and 49, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 49 Hispania Citerior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate of Caesar, who at Ilerda negotiated with Afranius' son for his surrender (Caes. BC 1.74.6). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 48 Bruttium (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Resisted at Vibo an attack by the Syrian squadron of Pompey's fleet under C. Cassius (Caes. BC 3.103; cf. Dio 42.13.1). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Promagistrate 47 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)
  • Pontifex? 47 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Probably elected in 47, since he is termed Pont(ifex) on coins of Sinope in 46-45 (Grant, From Imperium to Auctoritas 251-253; see 46, and 45, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Promagistrate 46 Illyricum (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Imperator in Illyricum, where his success was celebrated with a supplicatio (Cic. Fam. 13.77; see 47, (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)
  • Pontifex 46 to after 45 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Censor 42 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 14.2611-ILS 6204; Fast. Amit., Degrassi 170f.; Fast. Amer., ibid. 242; Fast. Colot., ibid. 273-275; Fast. Mag. Vic., ibid. 282f.; and see also ibid. 135, 504f. M. Antonius had apparently supported his uncle's candidacy in 44 (Cic. Phil. 2.98). These Censors did not complete the lustrum (Fast. Colot.). (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)

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