Sulpicia

Marguerite Johnson (University of Newcastle)

Ed. by Paul Roche, University of Sydney
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.1.2: Ancient Roman Writing and Culture (Republic and Empire), -750-476.
Vol. editors: William John Dominik (University of Otago), Giacomo Fedeli (University of Exeter), Thomas Habinek (University of Southern California), Emily Kneebone (University of Nottingham), Elodie Paillard (University of Sydney), Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Jula Wildberger (The American University of Paris)

Dates

Born c. -50
Died c. 50
Activity c. -25-c. 25

Places

Born in Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire)
Active in Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire)

Activities

Primary

Poet

Resources

Women from upper-class and aristocratic families composed poetry in ancient Rome, particularly during the Late Republic and Imperial ages. Unfortunately, very little has survived. Among the extant work of female writers is the poetry of Sulpicia (sometimes referred to as Sulpicia I in order to distinguish her from the poet of the same name who wrote during the reign of Domitian [CE 81-96]).

Sulpicia lived during the Augustan Age (27 BCE- CE 14) and may have been the daughter of Servius Sulpicius Rufus (106-43 BCE) and the niece of Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus (64 BCE-CE 8). Support for the familial ties is found in the poetry itself, containing as it does one reference to Messalla (4.8.5) and one to Servius (4.10.4); in t…

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Citation: Johnson, Marguerite. "Sulpicia". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 April 2009 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12616, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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