Publius Sulpicius Rufus (Praetor 48 BC)

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Publius Sulpicius Rufus was the patritzischen noble family of Sulpicii entstamme Direction, in the 1st century. Living general and politician of the Roman Republic .

Life

Publius Sulpicius Rufus was probably the son of the tribune of the same name from 88 BC. Since 55 BC He was probably one of Caesar's legates throughout the next few years . He had this function first until 50 BC. In the Gallic War . During Caesar's first invasion of Britain in 55 BC. His task was to protect the port of departure of the Roman fleet in Gaul . End of 52 BC He wintered with his army in the territory of the Haeduer .

After the outbreak of the Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey , Sulpicius Rufus fought in 49 BC. BC as a legate of Caesar on the Iberian Peninsula against Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius and then led negotiations with the young son of Afranius at Ilerda on behalf of Caesar in August of the same year . 48 BC He officiated as praetor and was in command of Caesar's fleet stationed near Vibo near Sicily . Together with Marcus Pomponius, the commander of the squadron positioned in front of Messana , he was supposed to shield Italy from attacks by Pompeian fleets. Gaius Cassius Longinus succeeded in burning Pomponius' squadron and he wanted to set that of Sulpicius Rufus on fire, but only managed to do this on five of his ships. Sulpicius Rufus in turn opened a counter-offensive, sank two of Cassius' triremes and was also able to seize two enemy quinqueremes . When it soon became known that Caesar had won a significant victory over his opponent Pompey at Pharsalus, the naval war was also ceased.

In the position of propaetor, Sulpicius Rufus fought in 47 BC. In Illyria the Pompeian Marcus Octavius , but it was only his successor Publius Vatinius who succeeded in the decisive defeat of Octavius, who then fled to North Africa. Nevertheless, Sulpicius Rufus had achieved some minor successes, since he was awarded the title of imperator and a supplicatio was granted by the Senate . Two years after Caesar's murder, he became 42 BC. BC censor , with Gaius Antonius Hybrida as his colleague. There is no news of his further life or death.

The from 46–45 BC The Roman aristocrat, who was also called Publius Sulpicius Rufus and established a colony in Sinope , was the proprete of the Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus and was probably not identical to the one discussed here, but a brother of the Roman politician and lawyer Servius Sulpicius Rufus .

literature

Remarks

  1. ^ Caesar, De bello Gallico 4, 22, 6.
  2. ^ Caesar, De bello Gallico 7, 90, 7.
  3. ^ Caesar, De bello civili 1, 74, 6.
  4. ^ Caesar, De bello civili 3, 101, 1.
  5. ^ Caesar, De bello civili 3, 101, 4ff .; see. Cassius Dio , Roman History 42, 13, 1.
  6. ^ Caesar, De bello civili 3, 101, 7.
  7. ↑ Cicero , Epistulae ad familiares 13, 77, 1.
  8. ↑ Fast Colotiani CIL I² p. 64; CIL 14, 2611 .
  9. ^ Sulpicius I 20. In: Der Neue Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 , column 1102.
personal data
SURNAME Sulpicius Rufus, Publius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rufus, Publius Sulpicius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman general and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC Chr.