Servius Sulpicius Praetextatus

Servius Sulpicius Praetextatus was a Roman aristocrat of the Roman Republic who served four times as consular tribune, in 377 BC, 376, 370, and 368.^[1] He married the elder daughter of Marcus Fabius Ambustus. An anecdote frequently told said that his wife's sister, the younger daughter of Fabius, who was married to the plebeian Gaius Licinius Stolo, urged on her husband to procure the consulship for plebeians through the Lex Licinia Sextia, as she was jealous of the honors of her sister's husband. As early as the turn of the 19th century, the German historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr pointed out the historical untrustworthiness and contradictions in this tale.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Smith, William (1867). "Praetextatus, Sulpicius (2)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 515. Archived from the original on 2010-05-25.
^ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita vi. 32—34, 36, 38
^ Barthold Georg Niebuhr, History of Rome vol. iii. pp. 2, 3

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Praetextatus, Sulpicius (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. p. 515.

Political offices
Preceded by , II, III, , Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, and	Consular Tribune of the Roman Republic 377 BC with , IV, , Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus III, and	Succeeded by Lucius Papirius Mugillanus III, IV and
Preceded by , IV, , Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus III, and	Consular Tribune of the Roman Republic 376 BC with Lucius Papirius Mugillanus III, IV and	Succeeded by vacatio
Preceded by vacatio	Consular Tribune of the Roman Republic 370 BC with Aulus Manlius Capitolinus, Lucius Furius Medullinus II, VI, Gaius Valerius Potitus Volusus, and V	Succeeded by Quintus Servilius Fidenas III, II, Aulus Cornelius Cossus, Marcus Cornelius Maluginensis, Quintus Quinctius Cincinnatus, and II
Preceded by Quintus Servilius Fidenas III, II, Aulus Cornelius Cossus, Marcus Cornelius Maluginensis, Quintus Quinctius Cincinnatus, and II	Consular Tribune of the Roman Republic 368 BC with VII, , , , and	Succeeded by A. Cornelius Cossus II, Marcus Cornelius Maluginensis II, Marcus Geganius Macerinus, Publius Manlius Capitolinus II, II, and VI

[DGRBM-1] Smith, William (1867). "Praetextatus, Sulpicius (2)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 515. Archived from the original on 2010-05-25.

[2] Livy, Ab Urbe Condita vi. 32—34, 36, 38

[3] Barthold Georg Niebuhr, History of Rome vol. iii. pp. 2, 3

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