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

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was Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus, 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 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

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: '' Publius,

Servius Servius may refer to: * Servius (praenomen), a personal name during the Roman Republic * Servius the Grammarian (fl. 4th/5th century), Roman Latin grammarian * Servius Asinius Celer (died AD 46), Roman senator * Servius Cornelius Cethegus, Roma ...

Quintus Quintus is a male given name derived from ''Quintus (praenomen), Quintus'', a common Latin language, Latin forename (''praenomen'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Quintus derives from Latin word ''quintus'', meaning "fifth". Quintus is ...

'', and ''

Gaius Gaius, sometimes spelled Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People * Gaius (biblical figure) (1st century AD) *Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist * Gaius Acilius * Gaius Antonius * Gaius Antonius Hybrida * Gaius Asinius Gal ...

''. The only other praenomen appearing under the Republic is '' Marcus'', known from the father of Gaius Sulpicius Peticus, 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'', 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'' (; : ''cognomina''; from ''co-'' "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 hereditar ...

, including ''Camerinus, Cornutus, Galba, 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 or Gali were a family of the second and third centuries BC. Their cognomen may refer to a cock, or to a

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. The greatest of this family, Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, 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 Servius Sulpicius Galba 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 thro ...

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 ''

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'' of 451. In 446, he commanded the Roman cavalry against the Aequi and

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

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

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in 59, and shortly afterward put to death by

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.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, consular tribune in 377, 376, 370, and 368 BC, sometimes confused with his kinsman, Servius Sulpicius Rufus. * Sulpicia Praetextata, the wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi, consul in AD 64, is mentioned at the commencement of the reign of

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, 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

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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

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, triumphed over the

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in Sicilia. * 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 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

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. * Gaius Sulpicius C. f. C. n. Gallus, died at an early age, and his death was borne by his father with great fortitude. * Quintus Sulpicius C. f. C. n. Gallus, the orphan of the scholar Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, became the ward of his kinsman, Servius Sulpicius Galba, the consul of 144 BC. Publius Rutilius Rufus called Galba's public support for Quintus as a trick to earn sympathy. * Galus Sulpicius, consul ''suffectus'' in 4 BC, is believed to be a descendant of Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, the consul of 166 BC. *Galus Sulpicius, son of the Galus Sulpicius who was consul in 4 BC. He was ''

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'' in 5 BC.

Sulpicii Galbae

* Publius Sulpicius Galba, grandfather of Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, the consul of 211 BC.Broughton, vol. I, p. 272. * Servius Sulpicius P. f. Galba, father of Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, the consul of 211 BC. * Publius Sulpicius Ser. f. P. n. Galba Maximus, consul in 211 and 200 BC, and dictator in 203. * Servius Sulpicius Galba,

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in 208 BC, and afterwards a

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, in the place of

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (), surnamed Cunctator ( 280 – 203 BC), was a Roman statesman and general of the third century BC. He was Roman consul, consul five times (233, 228, 215, 214, and 209 BC) and was appointed Roman dictator, dict ...

. * Gaius Sulpicius Galba, elected pontifex in 202 BC, in place of Titus Manlius Torquatus, but he died ''circa'' 199. * Servius Sulpicius Galba, 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

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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. * Publius Sulpicius Galba, appointed one of the judges in the case of

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, 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 Galba. * 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

Gaius Marius Gaius Marius (; – 13 January 86 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Victor of the Cimbrian War, Cimbric and Jugurthine War, Jugurthine wars, he held the office of Roman consul, consul an unprecedented seven times. Rising from a fami ...

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

praetor ''Praetor'' ( , ), also ''pretor'', was the title granted by the government of ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected ''magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to disch ...

in 48 BC, had been a legate of Caesar in

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 Messalina.

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 Quintus Horatius Flaccus 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. * Gaius Sulpicius Hyginus, a resident of

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, and the former master of Gaius Sulpicius Heraclida.. * Gaius Sulpicius Heraclida, the freedman of Gaius Sulpicius Hyginus at Puteoli in Campania, was the husband of Harmonia, and probably the father of Gaius Sulpicius Faustus, a banker at Pompeii during the middle of the first century. Gaius Sulpicius Onirus, also a banker at Pompeii, might be a younger son or grandson. * Gaius Sulpicius (C. f.) Faustus, a banker at Pompeii during the middle of the first century, together with Gaius Sulpicius Onirus, probably either his younger brother or his son. He was probably the son of the freedman Gaius Sulpicius Heraclida. Gaius Sulpicius Cinnamus was his freedman, and acted as his agent. * Gaius Sulpicius (C. f.) Onirus, a banker at Pompeii during the middle of the first century, together with Gaius Sulpicius Faustus, either his younger brother or perhaps his son. He was probably either the son or grandson of Gaius Sulpicius Heraclida. * Gaius Sulpicius C. l. Cinnamus, the freedman of Gaius Sulpicius Faustus, a banker at Pompeii in the middle of the first century. He acted as agent for Faustus, while a Gaius Sulpicius Eutychus, also a freedman of this family, acted on behalf of Cinnamus. * Gaius Sulpicius (C. l.) Eutychus, a freedman who acted as agent on behalf of the freedman Gaius Sulpicius Cinnamus, part of a banking family at Pompeii during the middle of the first century. * Sulpicius Asper, a

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, and one of the conspirators against

, discovered and put to death in AD 66. * Sulpicius Florus, an infantryman granted

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under the emperor Galba, 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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, 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,

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of a cohort at

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

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from AD 107 to 112, and

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from 112 to 118. * Sulpicius Apollinaris, 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, ...

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 to the son of a freed sl ...

. * Sulpicius of Carthage, the author of two poems in the ''Latin Anthology'', identified by some authorities with Sulpicius Apollinaris. * Sextus Sulpicius Tertullus, consul in AD 158. * Sulpicia Memmia, one of the three wives of

Alexander Severus Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – March 235), also known as Alexander Severus, was Roman emperor from 222 until 235. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty. Alexander took power in 222, when he succeeded his slain co ...

. Her father was a man of consular rank; her grandfather's name was ''Catulus''. * Sulpicia Dryantilla, daughter of Sulpicius Pollio and wife of

Roman usurper Roman usurpers were individuals or groups of individuals who obtained or tried to obtain power by force and without legitimate legal authority. Usurpation was endemic during the Roman imperial era, especially from the crisis of the third centu ...

Regalianus during the

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. 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 languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

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 Sulpicius Severus (; c. 363 – c. 425) was a Christian writer and native of Aquitania in modern-day France. He is known for his chronicle of sacred history, as well as his biography of Saint Martin of Tours. Life Almost all that we know of Se ...

, an ecclesiastical historian of the late 4th and early 5th centuries.

Christian figures

, a saint from Aquitania who wrote the earliest biography of Saint

Martin of Tours Martin of Tours (; 316/3368 November 397) was the third bishop of Tours. He is the patron saint of many communities and organizations across Europe, including France's Third French Republic, Third Republic. A native of Pannonia (present-day Hung ...

. * Sulpitius, the name of several saints.

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Polybius Polybius (; , ; ) was a Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , a universal history documenting the rise of Rome in the Mediterranean in the third and second centuries BC. It covered the period of 264–146 ...

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

Commentarii de Bello Gallico ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico'' (; ), also ''Bellum Gallicum'' (), is Julius Caesar's first-hand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it, Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine yea ...

'' (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– ...

'' (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, orator, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises tha ...

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

De Officiis ''De Officiis'' (''On Duties'', ''On Obligations'', or ''On Moral Responsibilities'') is a 44 BC treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero divided into three books, in which Cicero expounds his conception of the best way to live, behave, and observe mor ...

'', ''

De Oratore ''De Oratore'' (''On the 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, during which Marcus Antonius, the oth ...

'', '' De Republica'', '' Epistulae ad Atticum'', ''

Epistulae ad Familiares ''Epistulae ad Familiares'' (''Letters to Friends'') is a collection of letters between Ancient Rome, Roman politician and orator Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero and various public and private figures. The letters in this collection, together wit ...

'', ''

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 aedil ...

'', '' Laelius de Amicitia'', ''Orator ad M. Brutum'', ''

Philippicae The ''Philippics'' () are a series of 14 speeches composed by Cicero in 44 and 43 BC, condemning Mark Antony. Cicero likened these speeches to those of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon; both Demosthenes' and Cicero's speeches became ...

'', ''Pro Murena'', ''Pro Gaio Rabirio Perduellionis Reo'', ''

Rhetorica ad Herennium The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' (''Rhetoric for Herennius'') is the oldest surviving Latin book on rhetoric, dating from the late 80s BC. It was formerly attributed to Cicero or Cornificius, but is in fact of unknown authorship, sometimes ascri ...

'' (attributed), '' Tusculanae Quaestiones''. * Quintus Tullius Cicero, '' De Petitione Consulatus'' (attributed). *

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

Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek historian from Sicily. He is known for writing the monumental Universal history (genre), universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty ...

, ''

Bibliotheca Historica ''Bibliotheca historica'' (, ) is a work of Universal history (genre), universal history by Diodorus Siculus. It consisted of forty books, which were divided into three sections. The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the h ...

'' (Library of History). *

Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dionysius of Halicarnassus (, ; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary style was ''atticistic'' – imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime. ...

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

Livy Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a 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 traditional founding i ...

), '' History of Rome''. *

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 "Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-si ...

, ''

Geographica The ''Geographica'' (, ''Geōgraphiká''; or , "Strabo's 17 Books on Geographical Topics") or ''Geography'', is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 'books', written in Greek in the late 1st century BC, or early 1st cen ...

''. *

Marcus Velleius Paterculus Marcus Velleius Paterculus (; ) was a Roman historian, soldier and senator. His Roman history, written in a highly rhetorical style, covered the period from the end of the Trojan War to AD 30, but is most useful for the period from the death o ...

, ''Compendium of Roman History''. *

Valerius Maximus Valerius Maximus () was a 1st-century Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes: ' ("Nine books of memorable deeds and sayings", also known as ''De factis dictisque memorabilibus'' or ''Facta et dicta memorabilia''). He worke ...

, ''Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium'' (Memorable Facts and Sayings). * Quintus Asconius Pedianus, ''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 spee ...

'' (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 23/24 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ), was a Roman Empire, Roman author, Natural history, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the Roman emperor, emperor Vesp ...

), ''

Naturalis Historia The ''Natural History'' () is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder. The largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern day, the ''Natural History'' compiles information gleaned from other ancient authors. Despite the work' ...

'' (Natural History). * Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (

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

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

Flavius Josephus Flavius Josephus (; , ; ), born Yosef ben Mattityahu (), was a History of the Jews in the Roman Empire, Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing ''The Jewish War'', he was born in Jerusalem—then part of the Judaea ...

, '' Antiquitates Judaïcae'' (Antiquities of the Jews). *

Publius Cornelius Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historiography, Roman historians by modern scholars. Tacitus’ two major historical ...

, ''

Annales Annals are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year. The equivalent word in Latin and French is ''annales'', which is used untranslated in English in various contexts. List of works with titles contai ...

'', '' Historiae''. *

Plutarch Plutarch (; , ''Ploútarchos'', ; – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', ...

us, '' Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans''. * Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, '' De Vita Caesarum'' (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 '' nundiniu ...

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

Appian Appian of Alexandria (; ; ; ) was a Greek historian with Roman citizenship who prospered during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius. He was born c. 95 in Alexandria. After holding the senior offices in the pr ...

), ''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 of 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, Caesar (title), designated heirs and Roman usurper, usurpers from 117 to 284. S ...

'' (Augustan History). * Julius Obsequens, ''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. He once taught Jerome, an early Christian Church father who is most known for his translation of the Bible into Latin, known as the Latin Vulgate. N ...

, ''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 Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, usually referred to as Macrobius (fl. AD 400), was a Roman provincial who lived during the early fifth century, during late antiquity, the period of time corresponding to the Later Roman Empire, and when Latin was ...

, ''Saturnalia''. * Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, ''Panegyrici''. * Joannes Zonaras, ''Epitome Historiarum'' (Epitome of History). * Pieter Burmann, '' Anthologia Latina'' (Latin Anthology), ed. Wernsdorf, (1759–1778). * Johann Christian Wernsdorf, ''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'' is a biographical dictionary of classical antiquity, edited by William Smith (lexicographer), William Smith and originally published in London by John Taylor (English publisher), Tayl ...

'', 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,
Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto dal 30^a al 299^p
, in '' Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'', No. 17, p. 281 (1975). * Ernst Badian,
The Clever and the Wise: Two Roman ''cognomina'' in context
, in '' Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies'', 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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