person
Servius Sulpicius Rufus
Servius
also: Serui
Sulpicia's father, naming her aristocratic lineage in the gens Sulpicia; most often identified with the eminent jurist Servius Sulpicius Rufus. The patronymic 'daughter of Servius' asserts her senatorial rank.
Reading notes
- The Elegies §16 daughter of Servius
Sulpicia's father, whose identity is debated: either Servius Sulpicius Rufus (the great jurist, died 43 BC) or another Servius of the Sulpician gens. The name establishes Sulpicia's high-status lineage — she is explicitly an aristocrat, the daughter of a man of the senatorial class.