The gens Sulpicia was one of the most ancient patrician families at ancient Rome , and produced a succession of distinguished men, from the foundation of the Republic to the imperial period . The first member of the gens who obtained the consulship 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 plebeian members, some of whom may have been descended from freedmen of the gens.
14-1526: 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 , Roman senator 24 AD Servius Cornelius Dolabella Metilianus Pompeius Marcellus , Roman senator and patrician, consul 113 AD Servius Cornelius Dolabella Petronianus , Roman senator, consul 86 AD Servius Cornelius Lentulus Maluginensis (died AD 23), Roman statesman, consul 10 AD Servius Cornelius Maluginensis , Roman senator, consul 485 BC Servius Cornelius Maluginensis (consular tribune 386 BC) , Roman politician and general Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus , several people Servius Fulvius Flaccus , consul 135 BC Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus , (fl. c. 500–463 BC), consul 500 BC Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus (consul 461 BC) Servius Sulpicius Galba (disambiguation) , several people Servius Sulpicius Praetextatus , consular tribune 377, 376, 370, and 368 BC Servius Sulpicius Rufus (fl. 1st century BC), Roman jurist Servius Sulpicius Similis (died c. 125), eques of ancient Rome, praefectus of Egypt 107–112 AD Servius Tullius , sixth king of Rome, r. 578–535 BC [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
28-476: 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
42-479: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Servius (praenomen) Servius ( Classical Latin : [ˈsɛru̯iʊs] ), feminine Servia , is a Latin praenomen , or personal name , which was used throughout the period of the Roman Republic , and well into imperial times. It was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to
56-500: The Second Punic War , and remained distinguished until the first century AD, when Servius Sulpicius Galba claimed the title of Emperor. Suetonius 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
70-566: 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 Latium . Many of them bore the agnomen Cornutus , from a Latin adjective meaning "horned". The Camerini frequently held the highest offices in the state in
84-576: 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
98-478: The end of the Republic, but as some appear to have been patricians and others plebeians, they may have constituted two distinct families. The Sulpicii Galli were a family of the second and third centuries BC. Their cognomen may refer to a cock , or to a Gaul . The greatest of this family, Gaius Sulpicius Gallus , was a successful general and statesman, as well as an orator and scholar much admired by Cicero . The Sulpicii Galbae first came to prominence during
112-411: The patronymic gens Servilia . The name was regularly abbreviated Ser. Servius was never one of the most common praenomina; about ten other names were used more frequently. Most families did not use it, although it was a favorite of the gens Cornelii and the gens Sulpicii , two of the greatest patrician houses at Rome. The name gradually became less common towards the end of the Republic, but
126-401: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Servius&oldid=1165055870 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
140-632: The time of the Gallic sack of Rome in 390 to the period of the Samnite Wars . 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
154-405: Was given to a child whose mother died in childbirth. Dionysius of Halicarnassus , apparently followed by Festus, indicated that it was given to a child whose mother was held in bondage. This etymology was based on the similarity between Servius and servus , a slave, and although it is certainly an example of false etymology , the association of these words is probably the main reason that Servius
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#1732765434919168-467: Was named Sextus , a praenomen otherwise unknown in this gens. During the Republic, several branches of the Sulpician gens were identified by numerous cognomina , 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
182-413: Was not more common. Sulpicia gens The Sulpicii made regular use of only four praenomina : Publius , Servius , Quintus , and Gaius . 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,
196-435: Was still used in imperial times. The original meaning of Servius was forgotten by the late Republic. Chase derives the name from the verb servo , to keep or preserve . This seems consistent with other Latin praenomina, such as Sertor , which appears to have a similar meaning. Varro had nothing to say about the name, although the epitome, De Praenominibus ("Concerning Praenomina") by Julius Paris, suggests that it
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