Publius Sulpicius Saverrio (Consul 304 BC)

Publius Sulpicius Saverrio came from the Roman dynasty of the Sulpicians and was 304 BC. Chr. Consul and 300 BC Chr. Censor .

Life

According to the Triumphal Acts, the father of Publius Sulpicius Saverrio led the Praenomen Servius and his grandfather the Praenomen Publius .

304 BC BC Saverrio held the consulate together with Publius Sempronius Sophus . Presumably both consuls were given the task of fighting the Samnites , but peace was soon made with this people and the long Second Samnite War ended. While Sophus then probably feuded the Aequer alone , Saverrio is likely to have waged war with part of the army against mountain tribes bordering Samnium. In any case, the acts of triumph ascribed to Saverrio a triumph over the Samnites, which he held less than a month after Sophus' triumph over the Aequer. A more detailed account of the consulate can be found in the article on Sophus .

Together with his consular colleague, Saverrio dressed in 300 BC Also the office of a censor. He is last in 299 BC. Mentioned as the second Interrex to hold the consular elections.

The consul of the same name from the year 279 BC is believed to be a son of Saverrio . Be.

literature

• Friedrich Münzer : Sulpicius 97). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 1, Stuttgart 1931, Col. 862.

Remarks

1. ↑ On the career of Saverrio see: T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC - 100 BC Cleveland, Ohio: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1951. Reprinted unchanged 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. By the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 1), for the Consulate 304 BC . Chr. S. 167f, for the censorship 300 BC Chr. P. 172 and for the interregnum p. 174f; Broughton dates the interregnum to the year 298 BC. Chr.
2. ↑ Triumphal Acts: Publius Sulpicius Saverrio Ser. f. P. n.
3. ↑ Livy 9:45 ; Diodorus 20, 91, 1 and 101, 5; Triumphal Acts.
4. ^ Livy 10: 9, 14.
5. ^ Livy 10:11 , 10.