SULP4610 -. Sulpicius (not in RE) Rufus

Status

  • Patrician

Relationships

grandfather of
Ser. Sulpicius (95) Q. f. Lem. Rufus (cos. 51) (Broughton MRR III)

Career

  • Senator - Office Unknown? c. 150 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Grandfather of the jurist, perhaps a senator in the mid-second century. Note the contrast implied by Cic. Mur. 16: pater enim fuit equestri loco, avus nulla inlustri laude celebratus. (RS, MS-RP 1.289) His rank as senator, rejected by Nicolet, L'Ordre equestre 1028f., is defended by Shackleton Bailey, Onom. (Broughton MRR III)