Sulpitia

, a daughter of Paterculus, who married Fulvius Flaccus. She was so famous for her chastity, that she consecrated a temple to ♦ Venus Vert i cord i a, a godde who was implored to turn the hearts of the Roman women to virtue. Pliny , bk. 7 , ch. 35 .――A poete in the age of Domitian, against whom she wrote a poem, because he had banished the philosophers from Rome. This composition is still extant. She had also written a poem on conjugal affection, commended by Martial, ltr. 35 , now lost.――A daughter of Servius Sulpitius, mentioned in the fourth book of elegies, falsely attributed to Tibullus. ♦ ‘Venis’ replaced with ‘Venus’