In an attempt to bring down Suillius Rufus, Silius demanded that the Senate enforce the Lex Cincia,[5][6] which forbade lawyers from being compensated after pleading a case.
In the end, the emperor Claudius intervened, and allowed Rufus to collect a maximum of ten thousand sesterces as his fee for successful prosecution.
[7] Another target was Julia Livia, who had stirred the animosity of the empress Valeria Messalina; Rufus accused her of immoral conduct, and the prosecution resulted in her death in AD 43.
[10] Eventually, Suilius Rufus met his fate: during the reign of Nero, Seneca successfully prosecuted him.
[11] Ovid does drop the hint that his wife, whom he also never names, was one of the Fabii,[12] but offers little explicit information about either woman beyond that.