Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus was a
Roman senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
and
poet, who served as
Consul in AD 9 as the colleague of
Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus
Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus was a Roman senator (died AD 35), who served as consul in AD 9 with Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus as his colleague. He enjoyed the friendship of the Emperors Augustus and Tiberius.
Sabinus was elected to the consulship, wit ...
. He is particularly remembered for his poem about the capture of Troy by
Hercules.
Ovid wrote about him in ''Ponto memoravit''.
[Der Neue Pauly, Stuttgardiae 1999, T. 11, c. 1103] He is a member of the ''
gens Sulpicia
The gens Sulpicia was one of the most ancient patrician families at ancient Rome, and produced a succession of distinguished men, from the foundation of the Republic to the imperial period. The first member of the gens who obtained the consulshi ...
''.
References
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1st-century Romans
1st-century Roman poets
Imperial Roman consuls
Sulpicii
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown