Daddy issues?

Sorry for the delay in my Tuesday post.  After mentioning other individuals, such as Victorianus, Albinus, or Rufius, primarily through their connections with him (the prior mentioned myriad of possessives such as meus, Rutilius' discussion of his father, up to the point we read for today, remains relatively absent of these.  I wonder whether people, especially those of an elder age, might view the poet himself as "Lachanius' son" and this is why Rutilius constantly inserts references of his own achievements into the poem in order to stress his own political might.  Indeed, the Loeb notes suggest that "si fas est" in line 585 refers to Rutilius' apologetic tone than an office anywhere could possibly be better than its corresponding office in Rome.  It will be interesting to see if this tone continues in his discussion of his father, because although the poet clearly admires and respects his father (and the renown of his name) perhaps there is a bit of jealousy or at least a desire to prove oneself.  Indeed, we do not even know if his father is still living at this point and could have been expected to read this very poem