SULP0728 C. Sulpicius (81) Q. f. Q. n. Paterculus

Status

  • Patrician

Career

  • Consul 258 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap. (names entire); Polyb. 1.24.9; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Zon. 8.12; Degrassi 42f., 115f., 434f. Atilius succeeded Florus, attacked Panormus, captured Mytistratus and other towns, but failed to win the Lipari islands (Polyb. 1.24.8-13; Zon. 8.12; cf. Cato, fr. 83 Peter; Diod. 23.3.9-10; Liv. Per. 17; Frontin. Str. 1.5.15-4.5.10; Flor. 1.18.12-14, who confuses Atilius' offices and the towns captured; Auct. Vir. Ill. 39; Oros. 4.8.1-5). Polybius places Sulpicius in Sicily (1.24.9), but he reduced Sardinia, defeated a Punic fleet, and celebrated a triumph over the Carthaginians and the Sardinians (Act. Tr., Degrassi 76f., 548; cf. Zon. 8.12). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 258 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Poeneis et Sardeis. MRR I.206, Itgenshorst no. 131, Rich no. 130. (Rich 2014)