Gens: SULPICIUS
Created: 19th November 2011
Update:  11th December 2016
Status Republic: Patrician: X   Pleb. Nobilis:       Senatorial:      Eques Romanus: X    Local magistrates X
Republican Family / Cognomen
Patrician Camerinus, Cornutus, Galba, Galus, Longus, Paterculus, Peticus, Rufus, Saverrio
Pleb. Nobilis n/a
Senatorial n/a
Equestrian no cognomen, Rufus
Local magistrat. no cognomen
Imperial Family / Cognomen
Imperators Galba
Consular Barba, Camerinus, Crassus, Galba, Galus, Iulianus, Iustus, Pollio, Quirinius, Tertullus
Senatorial Arrenianus, Canus, Iustus, Mundus, Platorinus, Pollio, Seranus, 
Equestrian Asper, Cornelianus, Rufus, Serenus, Similis
Local magistrat. n/a
Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors 23 excl.Virius, incl. the two Scribonii
Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars) 16 incl. 2 emperors (Galba and Licinianus)
Notes: The brothers P.Sulpicius Scribonius Proculus (S270) and P.Sulpicius Scribonius Rufus (S272) are also listed under the Scribonii.
C.Sulpicius Platorinus' (S1015) biography in Realencyclopaedie RE85 if incorrect. The career there (tr mil, q, etc) belongs to Q.Septicius (S410) buried in same mausoleum. 
Literature Dabrowa: Governors of Syria (1998) p.27-30 (P.Sulpicius Quirinius leg 6/7 AD), p.103-104 (Sulpicius Iulianus leg 147-150), 
Dobson: Primipiales (1978) p.224-225 (§105 Ser.Sulpicius Similis  praef Aegyp 107-112), p.271-272 (§156 C.Sulpicius Ursulus)
Eck: Statthalter der germanischen Provinzen (1985), p.27 (P.Sulpicius Scribonius Proculus S270), p.125-128 (P.Sulpicius Scribonius Rufus S272)
Fitz: Pannonien (1995) p.79 (§17* P.Sulpicius Quirinus cos 12 BC unlikely to have been leg Aug pro pr  in Illyricum)
Halfmann: Senatoren p.212 (Sulpicius Pollio S1016) plus stemma on p.166
Oliver, James H.: "C. Sulpicius Galba, Proconsul of Achaia" in American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 46, 1942, pp.380-388
Remy: Carrieres Senatoriales (1989) p.132-134 (§96 P.Quirinius cos 12 BC), p.318-319 (§269 Sulpicius Iustus S1009), p.330 (§289 C.Sulpicius Pollio S1017) 
Scheid: Freres Arvales 69-304 (1990) p.106 (§135 C.Sulpicius Pollio)
Settipani: Continuite (2000) p.74 (stemma over whole gens), 
Thomasson: Fasti Africani (1996) p.35-36 (L.Livius Ocella Ser.Sulpicius Galba cos 33 69), p.38 (Q.Sulpicius Camerinus cos suff 46)
Tortotiello: Fasti Consolari di Claudio (2004) p.573-574 (§65 Q.Sulpicius Camerinus cos suff 46)
Vogel-Weidemann: Statthalter (1982) p.138-145 (Ser.Galba cos 33 69), p.170-173 (Q.Camerinus cos 46)
Changes 11.12.2016 New header plus many updates
P.Sulpicius
 
RE35   RE33
Ser.Sulpicius P.f Camerinus (Cornutus) Q.Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus
cos 500 envoy 493 † 463 cos 490 envoy 488
curio max 
 
 
(Ser.Sulpicius Ser.f. Camerinus )  
 
RE36   RE32
Ser.Sulpicius Ser.f.Ser.n. Camerinus (Cornutus) P.Sulpicius ?.f.Ser.n. Camerinus
cos 461  amb 454 Xvir 451 envoy 449 leg 446
possibly = RE32 Livy has Publius as praenomen, but possibly
filiation would make him a grandson of cos 500 error for Servius, the cos 461.
 
  RE37
Ser.Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus         Q.Sulpicius Ser.f.? Camerinus Praetextatus
cos or tr cos 434 leg 431
   
RE34   RE31 RE94 RE76 RE7 RE29
Q.Sulpicius Ser.f.Ser.n. Camerinus Cornutus Ser.Sulpicius Q.f.Ser.n. Camerinus Rufus M.Sulpicius Q.f.         Q.Sulpicius Longus C.Sulpicius Camerinus
tr cos 402 398 cos 393 tr cos (391) 388 384 383 377 tr cos 390 tr cos 382 cens 380
interrex 387  maybe interpolations
      in Livy only
RE88   RE83    
P.Sulpicius Ser.Sulpicius Rufus Praetextatus C.Sulpicius M.f.Q.n. Peticus Ser.Sulpicius Q.f. Longus
tr cos 377 376 370 368 tr cos 380 cens 366 cos 364 leg 362
~ Fabia, dt of M.Fabius Ambustus cos 361 355 353 351 dic 358
tr cos 381 369
    triumph 361 358 interrex 355 351  
  RE38   RE75  
Ser.Sulpicius P.f. Ser.Sulpicius Camerinus Rufus Q.Sulpicius C.Sulpicius Ser.f.Q.n. Longus
cos 345 cos 337 323 314 cens 319
dic 312 triumph 312
   
RE97    
P.Sulpicius Ser.f.P.n. Saverrio Q.Sulpicius Q.f. Ser.Sulpicius
cos 304 triumph, cens 300
interrex 298
     
RE98   RE81 RE82    
P.Sulpicius (P.f.Ser.n.) Saverrio C.Sulpicius Q.f.Q.n. Paterculus     Ser.Sulpicius Paterculus C.Sulpicius Ser.f.
cos 279 cos 258 triumph
?
     
  RE16 RE107 RE65  
Ser.Sulpicius P.f.Galba Q.Sulpicius Sulpicia C.Sulpicius C.f.Ser.n.Galus
Flamen (Dialis) to ca 223 dedicated statue to Venus cos 243
resigned because he lost his apex ~ Q.Fulvius Flaccus
while sacrificing cos 237 etc
   
RE64   RE56 RE108 RE8  
P.Sulpicius Ser.f.P.n. Galba Maximus    Ser.Sulpicius Galba Sulpicia C.Sulpicius 
cos Greece/Macedon 211 procos 210-206 aed cur 209 amb 205-204 mother in law of pr Sicilia 211
amb 205-204 dic 203 cos II Greece/Macedon 200 pont 203 † 199 Sp.Postumius Albinus cos 186
procos 199 leg 197 amb 196-5 193-2
     
RE49   RE57 RE14   RE66  
C.Sulpicius Galba     Ser.Sulpicius Galba L.Sulpicius Sulpicia     C.Sulpicius C.f.C.n.Galus
pont 202 †199 aed cur 189 pr 187 tr mil Liguria 181 leg ? 191 leg 182-181 envoy 181
cos cand for 185 184 ? = cos 166 ~ Sp.Postumius Albinus investigated extortion in Spain 171
cos 186 pr urb 169 leg 168-167 cos 166, 
triumph over Ligurians, amb 164, † by 149
     
RE50   RE58 RE18? RE69 RE68
C.Sulpicius Galba Ser.Sulpicius Galba Q.Sulpicius C.f. Galus   P.Sulpicius Galus
pont 174 pr urb 171 * c.194 tr mil 168-167 pr Hisp Ult 151 propr 150  ment 149 as ward of critisised by Scipio Aemilianus as censor in 142
prosecuted 149 cos 144 amb 141 orator RE58 son of cos 166 ?
augur † by 129
?= RE18 Ser.Sulpicius lex rivalicia
 
RE59 RE51 not in RE
Ser.Sulpicius Ser.f.Ser.n. Galba   C.Sulpicius Ser.f. Galba Sulpicius Rufus
*c.159 ment 149 * c.158 ment 149 IIIvir agr dand 121-118 senator
pr Hisp Ult 111 cos 108 leg 110 augur condemned 109 grd father of iurist
ment 100 vs Saturninus ~ c.142 Licinia dt of M.Licinius Crassus Mucianus patrician
probably pont
   
RE109 ? RE9   RE60 RE2 RE92   not in RE Nic 331 RE19 RE1
Sulpicia     C.Sulpicius C.f. (Galba)   Ser.Sulpicius C.f. Galba P.Sulpicius Rufus   Q.Sulpicius Rufus   Ser. Sulpicius (Rufus) Sulpicius Ser.f.
ment 74 mon 106 pr by 91 leg 90-86 leg 90 89 tr pl 88 eques Romanus brother or cousin to RE92 inaugurated as flamen maior (or a rex sacrorum?)
dt of a  † 88 exc ~ Anicia by a Metellus, pont max, probably
C.Sulpicius transitio ad plebem Q.Caecilius Metellus Pius (82-63 BC)
shortly before his death
     
RE10 RE48 cf RE55 === RE55 cf RE48 RE61   RE93   RE95 Nic 332 not in RE Rüpke 3197 RE15
C.Sulpicius (Sulpicius) Galba P.Sulpicius Galba Ser.Sulpicius Galba P.Sulpicius P.f. Rufus Ser.Sulpicius Q.f. Rufus   P.Sulpicius Q.f.Rufus P.Sulpicius Q.Sulpicius
pr 63 pr by 48 aed cur 69? pr by 66 *94 † 43 leg Caesar 55-49 * 105 trib.Lem., jurist q 69 pont c.47 iudex 70 Verres case
killed mutiny 47 cos cand 63 pont by 69 leg 62-60 58-56 (with Caesar) pr fleet 48 Illyricum 47-46 q 74 pr de peculatu 65 Bithy/Pontus 46-45 q 69
ment 57 pr 54 cos cand for 49 cens 42 cos cand for 62 interrex 52 ?= RE93 or P.Rufus Q.f.
assassin of Caesar 44 cos 51 leg 46-45 envoy 43 † 43
leg 43 augur bef 49-43 ~ Iulia, dt of  ~ Postumia, dt of 
† 43 proscribed L.Iulius Caesar cos 90 A.Postumius Albinus mon 91  
       
S1023 RE113 FOS739 RE20 cf RE21 RE96 S998 RE52   RE112 RE96 RE21? RE20? Nic 333 cf RE111 RE111 RE3 RE39 RE110 RE11
Sulpicia Ser.Galba f.   Ser.Sulpicius (Galba?)   C.Sulpicius Galba Sulpicia   Ser.Sulpicius Ser.f. Rufus   Sulpicia Ser.f. Sulpicia   Sulpicius T.(Quinctius) Crispinus Sulpicia Q.f. C.Sulpicius M.Qurinius P.Sulpicius
statue at Athens mon 51 historian ment 63 with father q before 69 q Venusia 34 banker
pr an inc ~ L.Cornelius Lentulus Carsarian 49, senator 43 †c.42 ~ L.Cassius ~ Q.Aelius Tubero XVvir sf ~ P.Terentius Hispo
? procos Achaia 27/23 BC Cruscellio pr 44 ? ? = poet Ser. Sulpicius S983 Longinus jurist eques Asia 50 47 adop
or 13/10 BC see S996 ↓ ~ Valeria, dt of  † 42 Philippi adopted    
M.Valerius Messalla cos 61 ↓ ↓        
           
REPUBLIC            
IMPERIAL                                                                                                                                                  
           
           
S1002 S999 RE53 RE62   S996 S997 P897 S1024 RE114 FOS738 S989 RE28 Q44 RE69     S1004 RE67 S982 RE00???? S1014 RE84 S1018 RE90   S988 RE26 S1013
P.Sulp[icius Galba?] C.Sulpicius C.f. Galba (Ser.Sulpicius Galba) C.Sulpicius (Galba) Postumius Sulpicius Sulpicia Ser.f. Q.Sulpicius Q.f.Q.n. Camerinus T.Quinctius T.f. Crispinus (C.Sulpicius?) Galus Galus Sulpicius C.Sulpicius M.Sulpicius P.Sulpicius P.f. Quirinius M.Sulpicius Bassus P.Sulpicius P.f. Mundus
salius Palat 4AD cos suff 5 BC probably identical procos Achaia 27/23 BC praetorius poetess cos ord 9 AD Sulpicianus mon 5 BC cos suff 4BC Platorinus Platorinus homo novus ab Lanuvium friend of L.Nonius q, aed, pr, procos, 
? →  S996/997 to other Ser.Galba or 13/10 BC adiutor for ? ~ M.Caecilius Cornutus ? descended from Rufi mon 18 cos 9 BC  † 2 AD desc from cos 166 monet ca 13 BC procos Creta/Cyrene, cos 12 BC Asprenas cos 6 AD curator viarum,
1~ Mummia Achaica M712 ? = ← S999 or S998 ↑ cur aq 11 BC pr c.20 BC leg Aug pro pr Galatia/Pamph c.5-3 BC leg Aug pro pr sub Augustus
2~ Livia Ocellina L305 ↓ comes C.Caesar 2 AD, Syria 6/7 AD
XV vir sf, ornamenta triumph c.3BC, † 21 AD
1 ~ Appia Claudia, sister of M.Valerius Messalla Barbatus Appianus cos 12 BC
      2 ~ Aemilia Lepida (A420), sister of M'.Aemilius Lepidus cos 11 AD
1   1      
S1000 RE54 RE12? S1003 RE63 L190 RE73 S1001 S990 RE30   S994 S980 RE45 S1026   S1015 RE85   S269 RE Scrib 25 S1010 RE74
C.Sulpicius Galba   Ser.Sulpicius C.f.C.n. Galba M.Licinius Crassus Frugi C.Sulpicius (Galba?) Q.Sulpicius Camerinus Pythicus (Peticus?) Sulpicius Flavus Sulpicia Gali.f.Ser.n.Ser.pron. C.Sulpicius M.f. Platorinus P.Sulpicius Scribonius Proculus Sulpicius Longus
cos ord 22AD SER.GALBA IMP CAESAR AUG pr suff 24 cos 27 AD not = S1000 ← cos suff 46 procos Africa 56-57 friend of young CLAUDIUS (S980) tribus Voturia ? = S1018 senator † 40 exc ment in prosecution 25/59
† 36 suicide when * 3 BC Aquitania c.31-32 cos ord 33 Ger Sup 39-41 Maur, ornam triump,  procos Asia an inc accused/acquitted of extortion 58 helped Imp Claudius with his history ~ L.Fulcinius Trio F517 sevir equitum Romanum above possibly heir to mocked by Cn.Domitius Afer
denied a proconsulate comes Claudius 43-44 procos Africa 44-46 sub Tiberius/Claudius Frater Arv 57-60 63 leg Lusitania 31 X vir stlt iudic P.Sulpicius Quirinius
Hisp Tarra 60-68 cos ord II 69 ~ Scribonia, dt of † 67 exc for maiestas 1st century cos 12 BC above
IMP 9.6.68-15.1.69 † 15th Jan 69 murdered  L.Scribonius Libo cos 16 AD
XV vir sf, sodalis Titius, sodalis Augustalis c.46 adopted ?
adopted by stepmother as     
L.Livius Ocella (Ser.) Sulpicius Galba ?    
~ Aemilia Lepida (A422), dt of        
M'.Aemilius Lepidus cos 11 AD adopt Jan 69          
FOS741              
S1030 RE118 S1031 FOS742 S977 RE4   C300   S1035 RE121 S978   S1034 RE120 FOS745 S1019 RE91 Dem 468 J16 RE1 Dem 647 S987 RE25 S1033 RE119 FOS744 S270 RE Scrib 26     S272 RE Scrib 28
Sulpiciae C.f. Sulpiciae C.f. Sulpicius filii duo L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus Sulpicia Telero (Sulpicius) Pythicus Sulpicia Q.f. Praetextata Sulpicius Rufus (Ser.Sulpicius) Icelus Sulpicius Asper Sulpicia C.f. Platorina   P.Sulpicius Scribonius Proculus     P.Sulpicius Scribonius Rufus
Galbilla Galbilla q aed leg † young Ser.Sulpicius Galba Caesar † 67 exc for maiestas † 48 exc Marcianus praetorian centurio cos suff ante 56 or 56 cos suff ante 56 or 56
inscription 46 * 38 Caesar 69 † 15th Jan 69 murdered  ~ A.Larcius Gallus L90 ~ M.Licinius Crassus Frugi proc ludi Matutini c.48 freedman of Imp Galba Piso conspiracy 65 ~ Cornelius Priscus Germ Sup 63-67 Germ Inf 66 (63-67?)
? ~ P. Cornelius Dolabella cos 64 made eques and received † 65 exc  C1419 curator aedium sacrarum et operum publicorum † 67 suicide
senator 47 cognomen Marcianus 68
  ↓ † 69 exc by Otho † 67 suicide adopt by a P.Sulpicius (Quirinius?)
S1025 RE115 L94   ME-S85 adopt by a P.Sulpicius (Quirinius?)
Sulpicia A.Larcius Lepidus Sulpicianus Q.Sulpicius Q.f. Celsus
† c.95 after 15 years' marriage trib Quir. trib.Quir.
ment by poet Martial leg leg 70 praef coh Numidia, 
~ Calenus praef fabrum post 69
C220
S1021 RE104 S1011 RE77 S1007 RE72
Ser.Sulpicius Similis Sulpicius Lucretius Barba Sulpicius Iulianus
ab Africa, flamen at Carthago cos suff 99 procur Asia 140/144
praef Annonae 103-107 praef Aegyp 107-112 ?
praef praetorio 116/7-119 † c.126
ornament praetor or consul
 
RE102 Pf 104bis ME-S88 J77 S1006 cf RE72 ME-S86
Ser. Sulpicius Cn.f. Serenus Sulpicius Iulianus M.Sulpicius M.f. Felix
trib. Quirina ? = Iulianus cos suff 142 (J77) trib.Quir.
praef coh, tr mil XXII Dei, praef ala,  Syria c.147/150 praef coh, tr mil XVI Fla,
led successful expedition against the Agriophag tribe in Egypt 122/123 tr mil coh milliariae,
proc dioces Alexandria in Aegypt 130 (centenarius) proc ad census accip Cappadocia et Armenia minor c.140
praef alae Maur Ting,
II vir Sala
S993 RE43 S1022 RE105 sub RE72 mention S1008 S992 C1303 RE41
M. Sulpicius Crassus Sex.Sulpicius Tertullus Ti.Claudius Sulpicius Iulianus Sulpicius Cornelianus
cos suff c.175/176 cos ord 158 clar vir orator
Asia 190/1 or 191/2 procos Asia ca 173 either = S1006 or his son ab epistulis Graecis c.168
† c.192 exc 
S985 RE23 S991 RE39 S1016 RE86
Sulpicius Arrenianus Sulpicius Canus Sulpicius Pollio
leg leg Moesia before 217 nobilis †197 exc senator
exiled by Macrinus fictitious ? ~ Claudia Ammiana Dryantilla C1069 ab Patara in Asia
? a Lucanus dt of Ti.Claudius Agrippinus cos suff c.154
   
S986 RE24 V706 RE89 S979 S1017 RE87 S1009 RE73 S1027 RE116 FOS740
C. Sulpicius Arrenianus Q.Virius (or Vibius) Egnatius Sulpicius C. Sulpicius Pollio       C.Sulpicius Iustus Dryantianus       Sulpicia Aggripina
clar vir Sulpicius Priscus consularis vir leg under brother c.198 procos Lycia-Pamphylia c.198
patron Canusium 223 cos suff, procos Asia probably fictious ? Frat Arv 196 213-18 clar vir ~ Q.Pompeius Sosius Falco
? = father curator aqua 211-217 cos 193 P655
       
M479     S1028 RE117   S1029 RE117a P603  
Memmia Sulpicius Pollio Sulpicia Dryantilla       C.Sulpicia Dymiana Q.Pompeius Falco Sosius Priscus
camillus with AUGUSTA clar fem pr under Caracalla
~ IMP ALEXANDER SEVERUS the arvals 196 * ca 210 ~ Q.Vin(ius) Victorinus
IMP 222-235 ~ IMP CAESAR P.C(ORNELIUS?) clar vir
REGALIANUS
IMP 260
ME-S87
Sulpicius Secundianus
trib coh Britannia 251-253
UNCERTAIN DATE                                                                                                                                                
S1020 RE101 S1032 FOS743 S1036 FOS746 ME-S88 bis
T.Sulpicius Seranus Sulpicia Pacata Sulpicia C.f. Triaria C.Sulpicius Ursulus
clar vir on inscription attested on fistula attested on fistula eques Romanus
2nd/3rd century senatorial ? senatorial ? praef symmachiariorum Asturum in Dacian war
late 1st / early 2nd century primus pilus XXII Pri Germ Sup
praef castrorum leg III Aug, Numidia
2nd century (Commodus ?)