The gens Sulpicia was one of the most ancient patrician families at

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, and produced a succession of distinguished men, from the foundation of the

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to the imperial period. The first member of the

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who obtained the consulship was

Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus ( 500–463 BC) was Roman consul, consul at Ancient Rome, Rome in the year 500 BC with Manius Tullius Longus. Livy reports that no important events occurred during this year, but Dionysius of Halicarnassus st ...

, in 500 BC, only nine years after the expulsion of the Tarquins, and the last of the name who appears on the consular list was

Sextus Sulpicius Tertullus Sextus Sulpicius Tertullus was a Roman senator active in the mid-2nd century. He held the consulship in 158 with Quintus Sacerdos as his colleague. Tertullus was afterwards proconsular governor of Asia in 173/174.Géza Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Sen ...

in AD 158. Although originally patrician, the family also possessed

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members, some of whom may have been descended from

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of the gens.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. III, p. 945 (" Sulpicia Gens").

Praenomina

The Sulpicii made regular use of only four praenomina: '' Publius,

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'', and ''

Gaius Gaius, sometimes spelled ''Gajus'', Kaius, Cajus, Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People *Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist *Gaius Acilius *Gaius Antonius *Gaius Antonius Hybrida *Gaius Asinius Gallus *Gaius Asinius Pol ...

''. The only other praenomen appearing under the Republic is '' Marcus'', known from the father of

Gaius Sulpicius Peticus Gaius Sulpicius Peticus was a prominent fourth century Roman politician and general who served as consul five times and as dictator once. Sulpicius was a member of the gens Sulpicia, a prominent patrician family which had attained the consular dign ...

, five times consul during the fourth century BC. The last of the Sulpicii known to have held the consulship, in the second century AD, was named ''

Sextus Sextus is an ancient Roman '' praenomen'' or "first name". Its standard abbreviation is Sex., and the feminine form would be Sexta. It is one of the numeral ''praenomina'', like Quintus ("fifth") and Decimus ("tenth"), and means "sixth". Althoug ...

'', a praenomen otherwise unknown in this gens.

Branches and cognomina

During the Republic, several branches of the Sulpician gens were identified by numerous

cognomina A ''cognomen'' (; plural ''cognomina''; from ''con-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became here ...

, including ''Camerinus, Cornutus,

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, Gallus, Longus, Paterculus, Peticus, Praetextatus, Quirinus, Rufus, and Saverrio''. In addition to these cognomina, we meet with some other surnames belonging to freedmen and to other persons under the Empire. On coins we find the surnames ''Galba, Platorinus, Proclus'', and ''Rufus''. ''Camerinus'' was the name of an old patrician family of the Sulpicia gens, which probably derived its name from the ancient town of Cameria or Camerium, in

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. Many of them bore the agnomen ''Cornutus'', from a Latin adjective meaning "horned". The Camerini frequently held the highest offices in the state in the early times of the Republic; but after 345 BC, when Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Rufus was consul, we do not hear of them again for upwards of three hundred years, till Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus obtained the consulship in AD 9. The family was reckoned one of the noblest in Rome in the early times of the Empire. The Praetextati appear in the second half of the fifth century BC. The family appears to have been a small one, descended from the Camerini. It probably derived its name from one of several related meanings. ''Praetextus'' commonly referred to clothing with a decorative border, and especially to the ''toga praetexta'', a toga with a purple border worn by boys and magistrates. Something veiled or concealed could also be described as ''praetextatus''. The Sulpicii Longi flourished during the fourth century BC, from the time of the Gallic sack of Rome in 390 to the period of the

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. The cognomen ''Longus'' may have been bestowed upon the ancestor of this family because he was particularly tall. The surname ''Rufus'', meaning "red", probably referred to the color of the hair of one of the Sulpicii, and may have begun as a cadet branch of the Camerini, as both cognomina were united in the consul of 345 BC. Several Sulpicii bearing this surname appear towards the end of the Republic, but as some appear to have been patricians and others plebeians, they may have constituted two distinct families.Badian, "The Clever and the Wise", pp. 6–7 (and note 6).Evans, "Review", pp. 765–766. The Sulpicii Galli were a family of the second and third centuries BC. Their cognomen may refer to a

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, or to a

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. The greatest of this family,

Gaius Sulpicius Gallus Gaius Sulpicius Gallus or Galus () was a general, statesman and orator of the Roman Republic. In 169 BC, he served as ''praetor urbanus''.Livy xliii.14 Under Lucius Aemilius Paulus, his intimate friend, he commanded the 2nd legion in the campaign ...

, was a successful general and statesman, as well as an orator and scholar much admired by

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. The Sulpicii Galbae first came to prominence during the

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, and remained distinguished until the first century AD, when

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claimed the title of Emperor.

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gives four possible explanations of this surname: that the first of the family burnt a town he had besieged, using torches smeared with ''galbanum'', a type of gum; or that, chronically ill, he made regular use of a type of remedy wrapped in wool, known as ''galbeum''; or that ''galba'' was a Gallic word for someone very fat; or instead that he resembled a ''galba'', a grub or caterpillar. The surname may also share a common root with the adjective ''galbinus'', a greenish-yellow color.

Members

Sulpicii Camerini

* Publius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus, father of the consul of 500 BC.Broughton, vol. I, p. 10. * Servius Sulpicius P. f. Camerinus Cornutus,

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...

in 500 BC. * Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus, consul in 490 BC, and one of the ambassadors sent to intercede with Coriolanus. * Servius Sulpicius Ser. f. P. n. Camerinus Cornutus, father of the consul of 461 BC. * Servius Sulpicius Ser. f. Ser. n. Camerinus Cornutus, consul in 461 BC, and one of the ''

Decemvirs The decemviri or decemvirs (Latin for "ten men") were some of the several 10-man commissions established by the Roman Republic. The most important were those of the two Decemvirates, formally the " decemvirate with consular power for writing ...

'' of 451. In 446, he commanded the Roman cavalry against the Aequi and Volsci. * Quintus Sulpicius Ser. f. Ser. n. Camerinus Cornutus,

consular tribune A consular tribune was putatively a type of magistrate in the early Roman Republic. According to Roman tradition, colleges of consular tribunes held office throughout the fifth and fourth centuries BC during the so-called "Conflict of the Or ...

in 402 and 398 BC. * Servius Sulpicius Q. f. Ser. n. Camerinus, consul ''suffectus'' in 393 BC, and consular tribune in 391. He was

interrex The interrex (plural interreges) was literally a ruler "between kings" (Latin ''inter reges'') during the Roman Kingdom and the Roman Republic. He was in effect a short-term regent. History The office of ''interrex'' was supposedly created follow ...

in 387. * Servius Sulpicius (Camerinus) Rufus, consular tribune in 388, 384, and 383 BC. * Gaius Sulpicius Camerinus, consular tribune in 382, and censor in 380 BC, resigned his office upon the death of his colleague. * Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Rufus, consul 345 BC. * Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus, grandfather of the consul of AD 9. * Quintus Sulpicius Q. f. Camerinus, father of the consul of AD 9. * Quintus Sulpicius Q. f. Q. n. Camerinus, consul in AD 9. *

Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Peticus Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Peticus (died 67) was a Roman senator during the reign of Nero. Life Camerinus served as suffect consul in 46 with Marcus Junius Silanus as his colleague, and as proconsul of Africa from 56 to 57. Camerinus was a me ...

, consul in AD 46, he was accused of extortion while

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in 59, and shortly afterward put to death by

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 un ...

.Cassius Dio, lxiii. 18.Pliny the Younger ''Epistulae'', v. 3. * Quintus Sulpicius Q. f. Camerinus Pythicus, the son of Peticus, was also put to death under Nero.

Sulpicii Praetextati

* Quintus Sulpicius Ser. f. Camerinus Praetextatus, consular tribune in 434 BC. *

Servius Sulpicius Praetextatus Servius Sulpicius Praetextatus was a Roman aristocrat of the Roman Republic who served four times as consular tribune, in 377 BC, 376, 370, and 368. He married the elder daughter of Marcus Fabius Ambustus. An anecdote frequently told said that his ...

, consular tribune in 377, 376, 370, and 368 BC, sometimes confused with his kinsman, Servius Sulpicius Rufus. *

Sulpicia Praetextata Sulpicia Praetextata () was an ancient Roman noblewoman who lived in the Roman Empire in the 1st century. Family background Praetextata was a member of the gens Sulpicia. She was the daughter of Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Peticus, suffect consul ...

, the wife of

Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi (flourished 1st century AD) was a Ancient Rome, Roman nobleman of consular rank who lived during the Roman Empire. Frugi's mother was an unnamed Roman woman, while his father was consul and governor Marcus Licinius Cr ...

, consul in AD 64, is mentioned at the commencement of the reign of

Vespasian Vespasian (; la, Vespasianus ; 17 November AD 9 – 23/24 June 79) was a Roman emperor who reigned from AD 69 to 79. The fourth and last emperor who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Empi ...

, AD 70.

Sulpicii Petici

* Quintus Sulpicius Peticus, grandfather of the consul of 364 BC.Broughton, vol. I, p. 115. * Marcus Sulpicius Q. f. Peticus, father of the consul of 364 BC. * Gaius Sulpicius M. f. Q. n. Peticus, censor in 366, consul in 364, 361, 355, 353, and 351 BC, and dictator in 358.

Sulpicii Longi

* Quintus Sulpicius Longus, consular tribune in 390 BC, negotiated with Brennus, and persuaded him to leave Rome. * Servius Sulpicius Q. f. Longus, father of the consul of 337 BC. * Gaius Sulpicius Ser. f. Q. n. Longus, consul in 337, 323, and 314 BC, and dictator in 312, triumphed over the

Samnites The Samnites () were an ancient Italic people who lived in Samnium, which is located in modern inland Abruzzo, Molise, and Campania in south-central Italy. An Oscan-speaking people, who may have originated as an offshoot of the Sabines, they for ...

Sulpicii Saverriones

* Publius Sulpicius Saverrio, grandfather of the consul of 304 BC.Broughton, vol. I, p. 167. * Servius Sulpicius P. f. Saverrio, father of the consul of 304 BC. * Publius Sulpicius Ser. f. P. n. Saverrio, consul in 304 and censor in 300 BC, triumphed over the Samnites. * Publius Sulpicius P. f. Ser. n. Saverrio, consul in 279 BC, during the war against Pyrrhus.

Sulpicii Paterculi

* Quintus Sulpicius Paterculus, grandfather of the consul of 258 BC.Broughton, vol. I, p. 206. * Quintus Sulpicius Q. f. Paterculus, father of the consul of 258 BC. * Gaius Sulpicius Q. f. Q. n. Paterculus, consul in 258 BC, during the

First Punic War The First Punic War (264–241 BC) was the first of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the early 3rd century BC. For 23 years, in the longest continuous conflict and grea ...

, triumphed over the

Carthaginians The Punic people, or western Phoenicians, were a Semitic people in the Western Mediterranean who migrated from Tyre, Phoenicia to North Africa during the Early Iron Age. In modern scholarship, the term ''Punic'' – the Latin equivalent of the ...

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. * Servius Sulpicius Paterculus, the father of Sulpicia, who dedicated the temple of Venus Verticordia. * Sulpicia Ser. f., who married Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, was thought to be the chastest woman in Rome, selected to dedicate the temple of

Venus Verticordia Venus Verticordia ("the changer of hearts") was an epithet of the Roman goddess Venus, alluding to the goddess' ability to change hearts from lust to chastity. In the year 114 BC, three Vestal Virgins were condemned to death for transgressing wi ...

in 113 BC.

Sulpicii Galli

* Servius Sulpicius Gallus, grandfather of the consul of 243 BC.Broughton, vol. I, p. 217. * Gaius Sulpicius Ser. f. Gallus, father of the consul of 243 BC. * Gaius Sulpicius C. f. Ser. n. Gallus, consul in 243 BC.'' Fasti Capitolini''. * Gaius Sulpicius C. f. Gallus, father of the consul of 166 BC.Broughton, vol. I, p. 437. * Gaius Sulpicius C. f. C. n. Gallus, a great scholar; as consul in 166 BC, triumphed over the Ligures. * Quintus Sulpicius C. f. C. n. Gallus, died at an early age, and his death was borne by his father with great fortitude. *

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, consul ''suffectus'' in 4 BC. Believed to be a descendant of the consul of 166 BC. *Galus Sulpicius, son of the above. ''

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'' in 5 BC.

Sulpicii Galbae

* Publius Sulpicius Galba, grandfather of the consul of 211 BC.Broughton, vol. I, p. 272. * Servius Sulpicius P. f. Galba, father of the consul of 211 BC. * Publius Sulpicius Ser. f. P. n. Galba Maximus, consul in 211 and 200 BC, and

dictator A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a small clique. The word originated as the title of a Roman dictator elected by the Roman Senate to rule the republic in times ...

in 203. *

, curule aedile in 208 BC, and afterwards a

pontifex A pontiff (from Latin ''pontifex'') was, in Roman antiquity, a member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs."Pontifex". "Oxford English Dictionary", March 2007 The term "pontiff" was late ...

, in the place of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. * Gaius Sulpicius Galba, elected pontifex in 202 BC, in place of Titus Manlius Torquatus, but he died ''circa'' 199. *

, as curule aedile in 189 BC, he used the fines collected by his office to dedicate twelve gilt shields in the temple of

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. He was praetor ''urbanus'' in 187, and an unsuccessful candidate for the consulship in 185. * Gaius Sulpicius Galba, praetor ''urbanus'' in 171 BC. * Servius Sulpicius Ser. f. P. n. Galba, tried for his atrocities against the Lusitani in 150 BC, but was acquitted, and served as consul in 144 BC. Cicero describes him as an orator of no mean talent.Suetonius, "The Life of Galba", 3. * Gaius Sulpicius Ser. f. Ser. n. Galba,

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in 120 BC, and a pontifex, condemned by the ''lex Mamilia'' of 110 BC. * Servius Sulpicius Ser. f. Ser. n. Galba, consul in 108 BC. * Servius Sulpicius Galba, praetor about 91 BC. *

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, appointed one of the judges in the case of Verres, in 70 BC, afterwards a pontifex and

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. He had been praetor, but the year is uncertain; perhaps 66. * Servius Sulpicius (Ser. f.) Ser. n. Galba, praetor ''urbanus'' in 54 BC, and a friend of Caesar, but perhaps also one of the conspirators against him. * Gaius Sulpicius Ser. f. (Ser. n.) Galba, a minor historian, and grandfather of the emperor Galba; he held the praetorship, but the year is uncertain. * Gaius Sulpicius C. f. Ser. n. Galba, father of the emperor Galba, was consul ''suffectus'' in 5 BC.Oliver, "C. Sulpicius Galba". * Servius Sulpicius C. f. Ser. n. Galba, younger son of the historian Gaius Sulpicius Galba, and uncle of Servius, the emperor. * Gaius Sulpicius C. f. C. n. Galba, consul in AD 22, brother of the emperor. * Servius Sulpicius C. f. C. n. Galba, consul in 33, and emperor in AD 69.

Sulpicii Rufi

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, tribune of the plebs in 88 BC, a distinguished orator, and afterwards a partisan of

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. * Quintus Sulpicius Rufus, father of the jurist. * Servius Sulpicius Q. f. Rufus, consul in 51 BC, an eminent jurist and contemporary of

. * Sulpicia, daughter of the consul of 51 BC. Wife of Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Cruscellio. Her husband was proscribed by the triumvirs in 43 BC. She followed her husband to

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, against the wishes of her mother, Julia. * Publius Sulpicius (P. f.) Rufus,

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in 48 BC, had been a

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and during his first campaign in Hispania. He was censor in 42. * Servius Sulpicius Ser. f. Q. n. Rufus, a supporter of Caesar, frequently mentioned by Cicero. * Sulpicius Rufus, procurator of the public games, was slain by the emperor

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because he was privy to the marriage of Silius and

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Others

* Gaius Sulpicius, praetor in 211 BC, was assigned the province of

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. * Sulpicia, the mother-in-law of Spurius Postumius Albinus, consul in 186 BC. * Servius Sulpicius, mentioned by

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as an author of love-poems. * Publius Sulpicius (P. f.) Quirinus, censor in 42 BC, and consul ''suffectus'' in 36 BC. * Publius Sulpicius P. f. P. n. Quirinius, also called ''Quirinius'', consul in 12 BC, and later governor of

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. * Sulpicius Flavus, a companion of the emperor

, whom he assisted in the composition of his historical works. * Sulpicius Asper, a

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, and one of the conspirators against

, discovered and put to death in AD 66. *

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, an infantryman granted Roman citizenship under the emperor

, who later participated in the emperor's overthrow. * Sulpicius Blitho, a source cited by the biographer

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. * Sulpicia, a poet who lived during the latter part of the first century. Her love poetry, addressed to her husband, Calenus, were admired by

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, Ausonius, and Sidonius Apollinaris. A satire upon the edict of

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banishing philosophers from Italy, found among the works of Ausonius, is generally attributed to her. * Sulpicia Lepidina, the wife of Flavius Cerealis,

prefect Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect's ...

of a

cohort Cohort or cohortes may refer to: * Cohort (educational group), a group of students working together through the same academic curriculum * Cohort (floating point), a set of different encodings of the same numerical value * Cohort (military unit), ...

at Vindolanda in

Britannia Britannia () is the national personification of Britain as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield. An image first used in classical antiquity, the Latin ''Britannia'' was the name variously applied to the British Isles, Great ...

, ''circa'' AD 103. * Servius Sulpicius Similis, governor of

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

from AD 107 to 112, and

Praetorian Prefect The praetorian prefect ( la, praefectus praetorio, el, ) was a high office in the Roman Empire. Originating as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the office gradually acquired extensive legal and administrative functions, with its holders be ...

from 112 to 118. *

Sulpicius Apollinaris Sulpicius Apollinaris was a learned grammarian of Carthage who flourished in the 2nd century AD. He taught Pertinax, himself a teacher of grammar before he was emperor, and Aulus Gellius, who speaks of him in the highest terms. He is the reputed aut ...

, a grammarian, and a friend and contemporary of

Aulus Gellius Aulus Gellius (c. 125after 180 AD) was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome. He was educated in Athens, after which he returned to Rome. He is famous for his ''Attic Nights'', a commonplace book, or ...

during the later second century. He was probably the same Sulpicius Apollinaris who was a tutor of

Pertinax Publius Helvius Pertinax (; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193. He succeeded Commodus to become the first emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors. Born the son of a freed slave ...

. * Sulpicius of Carthage, the author of two poems in the ''Latin Anthology'', identified by some authorities with Sulpicius Apollinaris. *

, consul in AD 158. * Sulpicia Memmia, one of the three wives of

Alexander Severus Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – 21/22 March 235) was a Roman emperor, who reigned from 222 until 235. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty. He succeeded his slain cousin Elagabalus in 222. Alexander himself was ...

. Her father was a man of consular rank; her grandfather's name was ''Catulus''. *

Sulpicia Dryantilla Sulpicia Dryantilla (died 260/261) was the wife of Regalianus, Roman usurper against Gallienus. Regalianus gave her the title of Augusta to legitimize his claim. Virtually nothing is known of her except that she was the daughter of Claudia Ammian ...

, daughter of Sulpicius Pollio and wife of Roman usurper Regalianus during the Crisis of the Third Century. Received the title of Augusta. Possibly killed with her husband in 260. * Sulpicius Lupercus Servastus, a

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

poet, of whom nothing is known except his elegy, ''De Cupiditate'', and a Sapphic ode, ''De Vetustate''.Wernsdorf, ''Poëtae Latini Minores'', iii. p. 235 ''ff'', 408. * Sulpicius Severus, an ecclesiastical historian of the late 4th and early 5th centuries.

Christian figures

* Sulpicius Severus, a saint from

Aquitania Gallia Aquitania ( , ), also known as Aquitaine or Aquitaine Gaul, was a province of the Roman Empire. It lies in present-day southwest France, where it gives its name to the modern region of Aquitaine. It was bordered by the provinces of Gallia ...

who wrote the earliest biography of Saint

Martin of Tours Martin of Tours ( la, Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316/336 – 8 November 397), also known as Martin the Merciful, was the third bishop of Tours. He has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints in France, heralded as the ...

. *

Sulpitius Sulpitius (or Sulpicius) the Pious (; died 17 January 644) was a 7th-century bishop of Bourges and saint. Life According to his ''Vita'', Sulpitius was born at Vatan (Diocese of Bourges), of noble parents, before the end of the sixth century. ...

, the name of several saints.

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Polybius Polybius (; grc-gre, Πολύβιος, ; ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , which covered the period of 264–146 BC and the Punic Wars in detail. Polybius is important for his analysis of the mixed ...

, '' Historiae'' (The Histories). * Gaius Julius Caesar, ''

Commentarii de Bello Gallico ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico'' (; en, Commentaries on the Gallic War, italic=yes), also ''Bellum Gallicum'' ( en, Gallic War, italic=yes), is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Ca ...

'' (Commentaries on the Gallic War), ''

Commentarii de Bello Civili ''Commentarii de Bello Civili'' ''(Commentaries on the Civil War)'', or ''Bellum Civile'', is an account written by Julius Caesar of his war against Gnaeus Pompeius and the Roman Senate. It consists of three books covering the events of 49–4 ...

'' (Commentaries on the Civil War). *

Marcus Tullius Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the estab ...

, '' Academica Priora'', '' Brutus'', '' Cato Maior de Senectute'', ''De Haruspicum Responsis'', ''

De Officiis ''De Officiis'' (''On Duties'' or ''On Obligations'') is a political and ethical treatise by the Roman orator, philosopher, and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero written in 44 BC. The treatise is divided into three books, in which Cicero expounds h ...

'', ''

De Oratore ''De Oratore'' (''On the Orator''; not to be confused with ''Orator'') is a dialogue written by Cicero in 55 BC. It is set in 91 BC, when Lucius Licinius Crassus dies, just before the Social War and the civil war between Marius and Sulla, du ...

'', ''

De Republica ''De re publica'' (''On the Commonwealth''; see below) is a dialogue on Roman politics by Cicero, written in six books between 54 and 51 BC. The work does not survive in a complete state, and large parts are missing. The surviving sections derive ...

'', ''

Epistulae ad Atticum ''Epistulae ad Atticum'' (Latin for "Letters to Atticus") is a collection of letters from Roman politician and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero to his close friend Titus Pomponius Atticus. The letters in this collection, together with Cicero's othe ...

'', '' Epistulae ad Familiares'', ''

In Verrem "In Verrem" ("Against Verres") is a series of speeches made by Cicero in 70 BC, during the corruption and extortion trial of Gaius Verres, the former governor of Sicily. The speeches, which were concurrent with Cicero's election to the aedileship, ...

'', ''

Laelius de Amicitia ''Laelius de Amicitia'' (or simply ''De Amicitia'') is a treatise on friendship (''amicitia'') by the Roman statesman and author Marcus Tullius Cicero, written in 44 BC. Background The work is written as a dialogue between prominent figures of th ...

'', ''Orator ad M. Brutum'', '' Philippicae'', ''Pro Murena'', ''Pro Gaio Rabirio Perduellionis Reo'', '' Rhetorica ad Herennium'' (attributed), '' Tusculanae Quaestiones''. *

Quintus Tullius Cicero Quintus Tullius Cicero ( , ; 102 – 43 BC) was a Roman statesman and military leader, the younger brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero. He was born into a family of the equestrian order, as the son of a wealthy landowner in Arpinum, some south-east o ...

, '' De Petitione Consulatus'' (attributed). *

, ''De Viris Illustribus'' (On the Lives of Famous Men). *

Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus, or Diodorus of Sicily ( grc-gre, Διόδωρος ; 1st century BC), was an ancient Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty books, fifteen of which su ...

, ''

Bibliotheca Historica ''Bibliotheca historica'' ( grc, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική, ) is a work of universal history by Diodorus Siculus. It consisted of forty books, which were divided into three sections. The first six books are geographical in theme, ...

'' (Library of History). *

Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( grc, Διονύσιος Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἁλικαρνασσεύς, ; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary sty ...

, ''Romaike Archaiologia'' (Roman Antiquities). * Titus Livius (

Livy Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Ancient Rome, Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditiona ...

), ''

History of Rome The history of Rome includes the history of the city of Rome as well as the civilisation of ancient Rome. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman law has influenced m ...

''. *

Strabo Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...

, ''

Geographica The ''Geographica'' (Ancient Greek: Γεωγραφικά ''Geōgraphiká''), or ''Geography'', is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 'books', written in Ancient Greek, Greek and attributed to Strabo, an educated citizen ...

''. * Marcus Velleius Paterculus, ''Compendium of Roman History''. * Valerius Maximus, ''

Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium ''Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX'' ("nine books of memorable deeds and sayings", also known as ''De factis dictisque memorabilibus'' or ''Facta et dicta memorabilia'') by Valerius Maximus (c. 20 BC – c. AD 50) was written arou ...

'' (Memorable Facts and Sayings). *

Quintus Asconius Pedianus Quintus Asconius Pedianus (BC 9 - AD 76) was a Roman historian. There is no evidence that Asconius engaged in a public career, but he was familiar both with Roman government of his time and with the geography of the city. He may, therefore, have w ...

, ''Commentarius in Oratio Ciceronis

In Toga Candida ''In Toga Candida'' is a speech given by Cicero during his election campaign in 64 BC for the consulship of 63 BC. The speech was directed at his competitors, Catilina and Antonius, who were also running for consulship for the same year. The speech ...

'' (Commentary on Cicero's Oration ''In Toga Candida''), ''Commentarius in Oratio Ciceronis Pro Scauro'' (Commentary on Cicero's Oration ''Pro Scauro''). * Gaius Plinius Secundus (

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic '' ...

), '' Naturalis Historia'' (Natural History). * Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (

Pliny the Younger Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 – c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger (), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate ...

), '' Epistulae'' (Letters). * Flavius Josephus, '' Antiquitates Judaïcae'' (Antiquities of the Jews). * Publius Cornelius Tacitus, '' Annales'', '' Historiae''. *

Plutarch Plutarch (; grc-gre, Πλούταρχος, ''Ploútarchos''; ; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''P ...

us, '' Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans''. *

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (), commonly referred to as Suetonius ( ; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies ...

, ''

De Vita Caesarum ''De vita Caesarum'' (Latin; "About the Life of the Caesars"), commonly known as ''The Twelve Caesars'', is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The g ...

'' (Lives of the Caesars, or The Twelve Caesars). *

Marcus Cornelius Fronto Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 100late 160s AD), best known as Fronto, was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician, and advocate. Of Berber origin, he was born at Cirta (modern-day Constantine, Algeria) in Numidia. He was suffect consul for the ''nundinium' ...

, ''Epistulae'' (Letters). * Appianus Alexandrinus (

Appian Appian of Alexandria (; grc-gre, Ἀππιανὸς Ἀλεξανδρεύς ''Appianòs Alexandreús''; la, Appianus Alexandrinus; ) was a Greek historian with Roman citizenship who flourished during the reigns of Emperors of Rome Trajan, Hadr ...

), ''Bellum Civile'' (The Civil War), ''Hispanica'' (The Spanish Wars), ''Macedonica'' (The Macedonian Wars). *

, ''Noctes Atticae'' (Attic Nights). * Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus (

Cassius Dio Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the ...

), ''Roman History''. * Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, ''

Historia Augusta The ''Historia Augusta'' (English: ''Augustan History'') is a late Roman collection of biographies, written in Latin, of the Roman emperors, their junior colleagues, designated heirs and usurpers from 117 to 284. Supposedly modeled on the sim ...

'' (Augustan History). *

Julius Obsequens Julius Obsequens was a Roman writer active in the 4th or early 5th centuries AD, during late antiquity. His sole known work is the ''Prodigiorum liber'' (''Book of Prodigies''), a tabulation of the wonders and portents that had occurred in the Rom ...

, ''Liber de Prodigiis'' (The Book of Prodigies). * Sextus Aurelius Victor, ''De Caesaribus'' (On the Caesars). *

Aelius Donatus Aelius Donatus (; fl. mid-fourth century AD) was a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric. Works He was the author of a number of professional works, of which several are extant: *Ars maior – A commentary on Latin grammar. * Ars minor – ...

, ''Vita Virgilii'' (The Life of Vergil). * Eutropius, ''Breviarium Historiae Romanae'' (Abridgement of the History of Rome). * Decimius Magnus Ausonius, ''Cento Nuptialis''. * Paulus Orosius, ''Historiarum Adversum Paganos'' (History Against the Pagans). * Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, ''Saturnalia''. * Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, ''Panegyrici''. *

Joannes Zonaras Joannes or John Zonaras ( grc-gre, Ἰωάννης Ζωναρᾶς ; 1070 – 1140) was a Byzantine Greek historian, chronicler and theologian who lived in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey). Under Emperor Alexios I Komnenos he held th ...

, ''Epitome Historiarum'' (Epitome of History). * Pieter Burmann, ''

Anthologia Latina The ''Latin Anthology'' is a modern name given to a collection of Latin verse, from the age of Ennius to about 1000, formed by Pieter Burmann the Younger. Nothing corresponding to the Greek Anthology is known to have existed among the Romans, thoug ...

'' (Latin Anthology), ed. Wernsdorf, (1759–1778). *

Johann Christian Wernsdorf Johann Christian Wernsdorf I (6 November 1723 in Wittenberg – 25 August 1793 in Helmstedt) was a German writer, poet, and rhetorician. Life Born the son of Gottlieb Wernsdorf the Elder and his wife Magaretha Katharina (nee Nitsch), he lost his ...

, ''Poëtae Latini Minores'' (Minor Latin Poets), Altenburg, Helmstedt (1780–1799). * Barthold Georg Niebuhr, ''The History of Rome'', Julius Charles Hare and Connop Thirlwall, trans., John Smith, Cambridge (1828), ''Lectures on the History of Rome'', (ed. L. Schmitz), Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, London (1849).. * Henricus Meyerus, ''Oratorum Romanorum Fragmenta ab Appio inde Caeco usque ad Q. Aurelium Symmachum'' (Fragments of Roman Orators from Appius Claudius Caecus to Quintus Aurelius Symmachus), L. Bourgeois-Mazé, Paris (1837). * ''

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 p ...

'', William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849). * James H. Oliver
"C. Sulpicius Galba, Proconsul of Achaia"
in ''American Journal of Archaeology'', vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 380–388 (September 1942). * T. Robert S. Broughton, ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'', American Philological Association (1952). * D.P. Simpson, ''Cassell's Latin and English Dictionary'', Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (1963). * Guido Bastianini,
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, in ''

Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik The ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'' (commonly abbreviated ZPE; "Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy") is a peer-reviewed academic journal which contains articles that pertain to papyrology and epigraphy. It has been described as "th ...

'', No. 17, p. 281 (1975). *

Ernst Badian Ernst Badian (8 August 1925 – 1 February 2011) was an Austrian-born classical scholar who served as a professor at Harvard University from 1971 to 1998. Early life and education Badian was born in Vienna in 1925 and in 1938 fled the Nazis wit ...

,
The Clever and the Wise: Two Roman ''cognomina'' in context
, in ''

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies The Institute of Classical Studies is a research institution associated with the University of London and a member of the School of Advanced Study. The institute is a national and international research institute in the languages, literature, his ...

'', vol. 35, supp. 51, pp. 6–12 (1988). * Richard J. Evans, "Reviewed Work: ''The Patrician Tribune: Publius Clodius Pulcher'' by J. Jeffrey Tatum", in ''Mnemosyne'', 4th series, vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 764–767 (2002), .

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