Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus

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Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus (

Emperor
in 193.

Early life

Sulpicianus was probably born in the

equestrian Prefect of Egypt under Hadrian
.

Career

Sulpicianus’ early career is unknown, but around 170 he was appointed suffect consul. Sometime during the 170s he was admitted into the Arval Brethren. In 186 he was appointed the proconsular governor of Asia.[1] He may have had some involvement in the assassination of emperor Commodus at the end of 192,[2] and for the first three months of 193 he served as Praefectus urbi of Rome as a result of his marital ties to the incoming emperor Pertinax, who had married his daughter Flavia Titiana.

Attempted Emperorship

The aftermath of

sesterces, or eight years worth of wages, the same amount offered by Marcus Aurelius in 161. Unfortunately, a fellow senator, Didius Julianus, appeared and outbid Sulpicianus, thereby winning their support.[4] Julianus was saluted as imperator by the Praetorians, and the new emperor proceeded to pardon his rival, retaining Sulpicianus as the urban prefect.[5]

Death

Sulpicianus survived Julianus’ death and the arrival of the new emperor Septimius Severus. However, possibly due to his having supported the rival imperial claimant Clodius Albinus, Sulpicianus was prosecuted and executed in 197.[6]

Family

Sulpicianus had at least two children; a son,

Praeneste
.

Notes

  1. ^ Mennen, pg. 122
  2. ^ Birley, pg. 84
  3. ^ Birley, pg. 95
  4. ISBN 1579583164
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  5. ^ Campbell, Brian The Severan Dynasty in The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337 (2006), pg. 2
  6. ^ Birley, pg. 127

References

  • Birley, Anthony, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor (1999)
  • Mennen, Inge, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284 (2011)

Further reading

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