person
Postumia
also: Postumia tua
Wife of Servius Sulpicius Rufus and mother of the younger Servius; a society lady mentioned in Cicero late-Republican letters (and reputed an intimate of Caesar). In Ad Fam. 4.2 she visits Cicero at Cumae and urges him to write to her husband.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 12.11 §1 Sulpicius's Postumia
Postumia was the wife of the jurist Servius Sulpicius Rufus; "Sulpicius's Postumia" identifies her by her husband. Her visit is reported in the context of a possible remarriage match for Cicero after his divorce from Terentia.
- Ad Familiares 4.2 §1 your wife Postumia came to see me
Postumia was the wife of Servius Sulpicius Rufus and mother of the younger Servius; a prominent society figure (ancient gossip linked her name with Caesar's). Here she and her son visit Cicero at Cumae and press him to advise her absent husband on whether to stay in Italy or flee.