Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SULP0541 C. Sulpicius (75) Ser. f. Q. n. Longus

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Liv. 9.34.6 (all censors between lex Aemilia and 310 "nobilissimi... viri")

Relationships

grandson of
Q. Sulpicius (76) Longus (tr. mil. c. p. 390) (RE)
son of
Ser. Sulpicius (not in RE) (son of Q. Sulpicius (76) Longus (tr. mil. c. p. 390)) (RE)

Career

  • Consul 337 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 8.15.1; Diod. 17.17.1; Chr. 354 (Peto et Longo); Fast. Hyd. (Festo et Longo); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Degrassi 107, 410f. Both Consuls fought the Sidicini, Sulpicius opposed the election of a plebeian Praetor (Liv. 8.15.1-5 and 9). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul 323 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • For Aulius Livy prefers Aemilius, but notes that the name is found in some annals, and describes him as Consul iterum in 319. Diod. has {Gr}, and Cassiod., Q. Aelius. The name is given in Fast. Cap. for 319, Degrassi 36f., 109. See under 319, and also Liv. 9.15.11, and 22.4. The cognomen Cerretanus is not found in the Aemilian gens. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 8.37.2-3; Diod. 18.26.1; Chr. 354 (Lanto II et Ceretano); Fast. Hyd. (Longo et Ceretano); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod. (C. Sulpicius et Q. Aelius); Degrassi, 108, 414f. Aulius held command in Apulia, and Sulpicius in Samnium (Liv. 8.37.3-6). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Censor? 319 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The name of the other Censor is lost. They did not complete the lustrum and probably abdicated, since others were elected to the censorship in 318. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 36f., 109, 416f. ([- -Su]lpicius Se[- -]). See Fast. Cap. on 314 for the name. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul 314 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 9.24.1; Diod. 19.73.1; Fast. Cap. (names entire); Chr. 354 (Libone et Longo III); Fast. Hyd. (Saminte et Longo); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Degrassi 36f., 110, 418f. The Consuls captured Sora and the Ausonian towns, and defeated a Samnite force in Campania (Liv. 9.24-25, and 27; cf. Diod. 19.76.1-5). Sulpicius celebrated a triumph (Act. Tr., Degrassi 70f., 542; not mentioned by Livy). On Poetelius, cf. Lübker no. 3. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Livy does not state who commanded the Roman force that recovered Luceria (9.26). Diod. (19.72.8-9) dates the colony in the previous year. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 314 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Samnitibus. MRR I.157, Itgenshorst no. 78, Rich no. 78. (Rich 2014)
  • Dictator 312 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap.; cf. Liv. 9.29.3. See Degrassi 36f., 110, 420f. (Broughton MRR I)

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