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Publius Sulpicius Rufus (tr. pl. 88)

Tribune of the plebs in 88 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 88 BCE
    (aged 36)
    Tribune of the Plebs

    Broughton: Along with Antistius, he opposed the candidacy of Julius Caesar Strabo for the consulship (see above; a). He introduced four bills: one to recall exiles (b); a second, to enroll the new Italian citizens and the freedmen in all the tribes (c); a third, to limit the debts of senators to 2000 denarii (d); and a fourth, to replace Sulla with Marius in the command against Mithridates (e). Meeting opposition from the Consuls, he had them forcibly expelled from the city and carried his measures. Sulla then appealed to his army, the Consuls occupied Rome, annulled the laws of Sulpicius, and decreed the exile and death of opposing leaders (see above, Consuls). Sulpicius was betrayed and put to death (f).

    Sources (6)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Cic. Brut. 226-227; Har. Resp. 43; Ascon. 25C; Quintil. Inst. Or. 6.3.75; cf. FOR 2.195; Macrob. Sat. 1.11.32
      • (b) Auct. Ad Herenn. 2.45; Liv. Per. 77
      • (c) Ascon. 64C; App. BC 1.55-56; cf. Liv. Per. 77
      • (d) Plut. Sull. 8.2
      • (e) Liv. Per. 77; Diod. 37.29.2; Vell. 2.18.5-6; Val. Max. 9.7, ext. 1; Plut. Mar. 34-35; Sull. 8.2; App. BC 1.55-56, cf. 59; Flor. 2.9.6; Ampel. 40.1; 42.1; Iul. Exup. 3; Schol. Clun. 270 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl; cf. Auct. Vir. Ill. 75.8
      • (f) Auct. Ad Herenn. 1.25; 4.31; Cic. De Or. 3.11; Vat. 23; Cat. 3.24; Leg. 3.20; Phil. 8.7; Har. Resp. 41; Brut. 227, 307; Lael. 2; Sall. Hist. 1.77.7M; Nepos Att. 2.1; Liv. Per. 77; Vell. 2.19.1; Val. Max. 6.5.7; Ascon. 64C; 80C; Plut. Sull. 10.1; App. BC 1.55-60; Flor. 2.9.8; Iul. Exup. 3; Oros. 5.19.6; on the annulment of the laws, see Cic. Phil. 8.7; App. BC 1.59
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    P. Antistius (1 year; raw 2.00, base 2.000, final 2.000): 88 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

    C. Norbanus (1 year; raw 1.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 88 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Sulla Felix (1 year; raw 1.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 88 BCE (Consul)

    L. Licinius Lucullus (1 year; raw 1.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 88 BCE (Quaestor)

    L. Licinius Murena (1 year; raw 1.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 88 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Children
    Publius Sulpicius Rufus (pr. 48)