•
Publius Rupilius P. f. P. n., a fierce opponent of the
Gracchi, became consul in 132 BC, the year after the murder of
Tiberius Gracchus, whose followers he persecuted. He brought the
First Servile War to a close, then remained in
Sicily to reorganize the province, receiving a
triumph on his return. He was prosecuted and condemned during the
tribunate of
Gaius Gracchus in 123, and died soon afterward. • Lucius Rupilius P. f. P. n., brother of Publius Rupilius, the consul, sought the aid of
Scipio Aemilianus to obtain the consulship, but was not elected. • Lucius Rupilius, an actor known to the young
Cicero. • Aulus Rupilius, a physician employed by
Aulus Cluentius Habitus, whose mother, Sassia, bought a slave, Strato, from Rupilius, and had him tortured in the hope of obtaining evidence against her own son. The slave knew nothing of value, and Sassia's scheme came to naught. • Publius Rupilius, a man of
equestrian rank, was
magister of the
publicani of
Bithynia. • Gaius Rupilius, an
argentarius, or
silversmith, named in an inscription. •
Lucius Scribonius Libo Rupilius M. f. M. n. Frugi Bonus, consul
suffectus, serving from May to August in AD 88. He was the great-grandfather of
Marcus Aurelius. His descent from the Rupilii is unclear. •
Rupilia L. f. M. n. Faustina, the grandmother of Marcus Aurelius, married
Marcus Annius Verus. • Decimus Rupilius Severus,
legate in
Lycia and Pamphylia in AD 151, perhaps the same Severus who was consul
suffectus at the end of 155. • Lucius Rupilius Au[...], legate of Sextius Lateranus,
proconsul of
Africa in AD 176. • Quintus Rupilius Q. f. Honoratus, of
Mactar in Africa, raised to the equestrian order by
Severus Alexander. • Rupilius Pisonianus, curator at Mactar and
Mididi between 290 and 293 AD. • Rupilius Pisonianus,
praefectus vigilum of Rome under
Constans Caesar. ==See also==