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Publius Sulpicius Rufus and the Events of 88 B.C

Myers, Morgan Leigh
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259779953

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2009, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, History.
Scholarship on Sulpicius Rufus has long been guided by an old paradigm of prosopography, which dictated that political events in the Roman Republic were based on long term alliances built through kinship ties and mutual ideology. While modern scholarship has changed to view Roman political alliances more fluidly, views of Sulpicius have not changed. Most scholars accept the view that Sulpicius was little more than a lackey of Marius, who switched to Marius’ side after a bitter split with his former comrades, the optimates. Sulpicius’ tribunate was a time of great change in Rome, at the eve of the Social War and the dawn of a new era of civil wars. Thus it is key to re-evaluate his actions and motives in light of more recent studies that give evidence of independent agency among Roman politicians, and especially among tribunes. Thus, this paper discusses the nature of power politics and the institution of the tribunate in the late Republic as well as argues that Sulpicius Rufus acted as an independent agent who made his own decisions rather than be the tool of another.
Nathan Rosenstein, PhD (Advisor)
Daniel Hobbins, PhD (Committee Member)
Greg Anderson, PhD (Committee Member)
57 p.
Ancient Civilizations; Classical Studies; History
publius sulpicius rufus; sulpicius rufus; tribune; sulla; marius; first civil war; roman republic

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  • Myers, M. L. (2009). Publius Sulpicius Rufus and the Events of 88 B.C [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259779953

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Myers, Morgan. Publius Sulpicius Rufus and the Events of 88 B.C. 2009. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259779953.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Myers, Morgan. "Publius Sulpicius Rufus and the Events of 88 B.C." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259779953

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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