PUBLIUS SULPICIUS See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

RUFUS (c. 121-88 B.c.)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman orator and statesman, See also:

• LEGATE (Lat. legatus, past part. of legare, to send as deputy)
• LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW (c. 1575-1612)

legate in 89 to Cn . Pompeius See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo in the Social See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and in 88 See also:

• TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)

tribune of the See also:

• PLEBS (from the root seen in Lat. plenus, full; cf. Gr. 7rXit9os)

plebs . Soon afterwards Sulpicius, hitherto an aristocrat, declared in favour of See also:

• MARIUS, GAIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

Marius and the popular party . He was deeply in See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt, and it seems that Marius had promised him See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial assistance in the event of his being appointed to the command in the Mithradatic War . To secure the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment for Marius, Sulpicius brought in a See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise See also:

• BILL

bill by which the newly enfranchised See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies and freedmen would have swamped the old See also:

• ELECTORS (Ger. Kurfursten, from Kilren, O.H.G. kiosan, choose, elect, and Furst, prince)

electors (see further See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

RoME, See also:

• HISTORY

History, II . " The See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic ") . The See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate were strongly opposed to the proposals; a justitium (cessation of public business) was proclaimed by the consuls, but Marius and Sulpicius got up a See also:

• RIOT (0. Fr. riote, of uncertain etymology)

riot, and the consuls, in fear of their lives, withdrew the justitium . The proposals of Sulpicius became See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and, with the assistance of the new voters, the command was bestowed upon Marius, then a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere privatus . See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla, who was then at See also:

• NOLA

Nola, immediately marched upon Rome . Marius and Sulpicius, unable to resist him, fled from the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Marius managed to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape to See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, but Sulpicius was discovered in a See also:

• VILLA

villa at Laurentum and put to See also:

• DEATH

death; his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head was sent to Sulla and exposed in the See also:

• FORUM (Lat. from foris, " out of doors ")

forum . Sulpicius appears to have been originally a moderate reformer, who by force of circumstances became one of the leaders of a democratic revolt .

Al-though he had impeached the turbulent tribune C . See also:

• NORBANUS, GAIUS

Norbanus (q.v.), and resisted the proposal to See also:

• REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal judicial sentences by popular See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree, he did not hesitate to incur the displeasure of the See also:

• JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian See also:

• FAMILY

family by opposing the candidature for the consulship of C . See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar (Strabo Vopiscus), who had never been See also:

• PRAETOR (Lat. prae-itor, " he who goes before," "a leader")

praetor and was consequently ineligible . His franchise proposals, as far as the Italians were concerned, were a necessary measure of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice; but they had been carried by violence . Of Sulpicius as an orator, See also:

• CICERO

Cicero says (See also:

• BRUTUS (originally an adjective meaning " heavy," "stupid," kindred with Gr. aap(s, cf. Eng. " brute," " brutal")

Brutus, 55): " He was by far the most dignified of all the orators I have heard, and, so to speak, the most tragic; his See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice was loud, but at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time sweet and clear; his gestures were full of See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace; his See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language was rapid and voluble, but not redundant or diffuse; he tried to imitate See also:

• CRASSUS (literally " dense," " thick," " fat ")

Crassus, but lacked his See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm." Sulpicius See also:

• LEFT

left no written speeches, those that See also:

• BORE

bore his name being written by a'ccrtain P . Canutius (or Cannutius) . He is one of the interlocutors in Cicero's De oratore . See See also:

• APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian, See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell. civ. i . 55—6o; See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Sulla and 112larius; See also:

• VEIL (O.Fr. veile, mod. voile, from Lat. velum, cloth, awning, sail)

Veil . Pat. ii. s8; See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy, Epi.t . 77 E . A .

See also:

• AHRENS, FRANZ HEINRICH LUDOLF (1809–1881)

Ahrens, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die drei Volkstribunen (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1836) ; See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen, Hist. of Rome, bk. iv. ch . 7; See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long, Decline of the Roman Republic, vol. ii. ch . 17 .