Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SULP0987 Ser. Sulpicius (56) Ser. f. P. n. Galba

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • 250?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 199, death (Broughton MRR I)

Relationships

son of
? Ser. Sulpicius (not in RE) Galba (son of P. Sulpicius (98) P. f. Ser. n. Saverrio (cos. 279)) (DPRR Team)
brother of
? P. Sulpicius (64) Ser. f. P. n. Galba Maximus (cos. 211) (Zmeskal 2009)
father of
? Ser. Sulpicius (57) Galba (pr. 187) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Aedilis Curulis 209 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 27.21.9; 29.11.12 (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 205 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to king Attalus of Pergamum to bring the Magna Mater from Pessinus (Liv. 29.10.4-11.8, and 14.5-14; Cic. Har. Resp. 26-28; Cael. 34; Sen. 45; Varro LL 6.15; Ovid Fast. 4.247-348; Strab. 12.5.3, 578 c; Plin. NH 7.120; Sil. It. 17.1-43; Suet. Tib. 2.3; App. Hann. 56; Dio fr. 57.61; Herodian 1.11; Lact. Inst. Div. 2.7.12; Auct. Vir. Ill. 46; Iulian. Or. 5, 159-161). On Laevinus and Falto, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 45, no. 34, and 48, no. 42, respectively. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 204 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Continued embassy to Attalus of Pergamum to bring the Magna Mater to Rome, which returned this year with the symbol of the goddess. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Pontifex 203 to 199 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Ser. Sulpicius Galba succeeded Q. Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. Liv. 30.26.10. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 32.7.15. (Broughton MRR I)
    • M. Aemilius Lepidus succeeded Ser. Sulpicius Galba. (Broughton MRR I)

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