Servilia (gens)
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The gens Servilia was a patrician family at Rome
. The gens
was celebrated during the early ages of the Republic
, and the names of few gentes appear more frequently at this period in the consular Fasti
. It continued to produce men of influence in the state down to the latest times of the Republic, and even in the imperial period
. The first member of the gens who obtained the consulship
was Publius Servilius Priscus Structus in 495 BC, and the last of the name who appears in the consular Fasti is Quintus Servilius Silanus, in AD 189, thus occupying a prominent position in the Roman state for nearly seven hundred years.
Like other Roman gentes, the Servilii of course had their own sacra
; and they are said to have worshipped a triens, or copper coin, which is reported to have increased or diminished in size at various times, thus indicating the increase or diminution of the honors of the gens. Although the Servilii were originally patricians, in the later Republic there were also plebeian Servilii.
houses removed to Rome by Tullus Hostilius
, and enrolled by him among the patricians. It was, consequently, one of the gentes minores. The nomen Servilius is a patronymic surname, derived from the praenomen
Servius
, which must have been borne by the ancestor of the gens.
. The oldest stirpes used the praenomina Publius
, Quintus
, Spurius
, and Gaius
. The Servilii Caepiones used primarily Gnaeus
and Quintus. The Servilii Gemini employed Gnaeus, Quintus, Publius, Gaius, and Marcus
. The ancestors of the gens must have used the praenomen Servius, but the family no longer used it in historical times.
appear under the Empire. The only surnames found on coins are those of Ahala, Caepio, Casca, and Rullus.
The cognomen Structus almost always occurs in connection with the those of Priscus or Ahala. The only Structus who is mentioned with this cognomen alone is Spurius Servilius Structus, who was consular tribune
in 368 BC. The fact that Structus appears in two of the oldest stirpes of the Servilii, neither of which clearly predates the other, could indicate that persons bearing this surname were ancestral to both great houses.
The Prisci were an ancient family of the Servilia gens, and filled the highest offices of the state during the early years of the Republic. They also bore the agnomen of Structus, which is always appended to their name in the Fasti, till it was supplanted by that of Fidenas, which was first obtained by Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus, who took Fidenae
in his dictatorship
, in 435 BC, and which was also borne by his descendants.
Ahala, of which Axilla is merely another form, is a diminutive of ala, a wing. A popular legend related that the name was first given to Gaius Servilius Structus
, magister equitum
in 439 BC, because he hid the knife with which he slew Spurius Maelius
in his armpit (also ala). However, this does not appear to be the case, since the name had been in use by the family for at least a generation before that event.
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
. The gens
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
was celebrated during the early ages of the Republic
Roman Republic
The Roman Republic was the period of the ancient Roman civilization where the government operated as a republic. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, traditionally dated around 508 BC, and its replacement by a government headed by two consuls, elected annually by the citizens and...
, and the names of few gentes appear more frequently at this period in the consular Fasti
Fasti
In ancient Rome, the fasti were chronological or calendar-based lists, or other diachronic records or plans of official and religiously sanctioned events...
. It continued to produce men of influence in the state down to the latest times of the Republic, and even in the imperial period
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
. The first member of the gens who obtained the consulship
Roman consul
A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...
was Publius Servilius Priscus Structus in 495 BC, and the last of the name who appears in the consular Fasti is Quintus Servilius Silanus, in AD 189, thus occupying a prominent position in the Roman state for nearly seven hundred years.
Like other Roman gentes, the Servilii of course had their own sacra
Sacra (ancient Rome)
In ancient Roman religion, sacra were thel transactions relating to the worship of the gods, especially sacrifice and prayer. They are either sacra privata or publica...
; and they are said to have worshipped a triens, or copper coin, which is reported to have increased or diminished in size at various times, thus indicating the increase or diminution of the honors of the gens. Although the Servilii were originally patricians, in the later Republic there were also plebeian Servilii.
Origin of the gens
The Servilia gens was one of the AlbanAlba Longa
Alba Longa – in Italian sources occasionally written Albalonga – was an ancient city of Latium in central Italy southeast of Rome in the Alban Hills. Founder and head of the Latin League, it was destroyed by Rome around the middle of the 7th century BC. In legend, Romulus and Remus, founders of...
houses removed to Rome by Tullus Hostilius
Tullus Hostilius
Tullus Hostilius was the legendary third of the Kings of Rome. He succeeded Numa Pompilius, and was succeeded by Ancus Marcius...
, and enrolled by him among the patricians. It was, consequently, one of the gentes minores. The nomen Servilius is a patronymic surname, derived from the praenomen
Praenomen
The praenomen was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the dies lustricus , the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the birth of a boy...
Servius
Servius (praenomen)
Servius is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was used throughout the period of the Roman Republic, and well into imperial times. It was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to the patronymic gens Servilia. The feminine form is Servia...
, which must have been borne by the ancestor of the gens.
Praenomina used by the gens
The different branches of the Servilii each used slightly different sets of praenominaPraenomen
The praenomen was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the dies lustricus , the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the birth of a boy...
. The oldest stirpes used the praenomina Publius
Publius (praenomen)
Publius is a Latin praenomen, or personal name. It was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and was very common at all periods of Roman history. It gave rise to the patronymic gens Publilia, and perhaps also gens Publicia. The feminine form is Publia...
, Quintus
Quintus (praenomen)
Quintus is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was common throughout all periods of Roman history. It was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to the patronymic gentes Quinctia and Quinctilia. The feminine form is Quinta...
, Spurius
Spurius (praenomen)
Spurius is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was used primarily during the period of the Roman Republic, and which fell into disuse in imperial times. It was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to the patronymic gens Spurilia. The feminine form is Spuria...
, and Gaius
Gaius (praenomen)
Gaius is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was one of the most common names throughout Roman history. The feminine form is Gaia. The praenomen was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to the patronymic gens Gavia...
. The Servilii Caepiones used primarily Gnaeus
Gnaeus (praenomen)
Gnaeus is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was common throughout the period of the Roman Republic, and well into imperial times. The feminine form is Gnaea. The praenomen was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to the patronymic gens Naevia...
and Quintus. The Servilii Gemini employed Gnaeus, Quintus, Publius, Gaius, and Marcus
Marcus (praenomen)
Marcus is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was one of the most common names throughout Roman history. The feminine form is Marca or Marcia. The praenomen was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to the patronymic gens Marcia, as well as the cognomen Marcellus...
. The ancestors of the gens must have used the praenomen Servius, but the family no longer used it in historical times.
Branches and cognomina of the gens
The Servilii were divided into numerous families; of these the names in the Republican period are Ahala, Axilla, Caepio, Casca, Geminus, Glaucia, Globulus, Priscus (with the agnomen Fidenas), Rullus, Structus, Tucca, and Vatia (with the agnomen Isauricus). The Structi, Prisci, Ahalae, and Caepiones were patricians; the Cascae plebeians. Other cognominaCognomen
The cognomen nōmen "name") was the third name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary. Hereditary cognomina were used to augment the second name in order to identify a particular branch within...
appear under the Empire. The only surnames found on coins are those of Ahala, Caepio, Casca, and Rullus.
The cognomen Structus almost always occurs in connection with the those of Priscus or Ahala. The only Structus who is mentioned with this cognomen alone is Spurius Servilius Structus, who was consular tribune
Tribuni militum consulari potestate
The tribuni militum consulari potestate , in English commonly also Consular Tribunes, were tribunes elected with consular power during the "Conflict of the Orders" in the Roman Republic, starting in 444 BC and then continuously from 408 BC to 394 BC and again from 391 BC to 367 BC.According to the...
in 368 BC. The fact that Structus appears in two of the oldest stirpes of the Servilii, neither of which clearly predates the other, could indicate that persons bearing this surname were ancestral to both great houses.
The Prisci were an ancient family of the Servilia gens, and filled the highest offices of the state during the early years of the Republic. They also bore the agnomen of Structus, which is always appended to their name in the Fasti, till it was supplanted by that of Fidenas, which was first obtained by Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus, who took Fidenae
Fidenae
Fidenae, or Fidenes, home of the Fidenates, was an ancient town of Latium, situated about 8 km north of Rome on the Via Salaria, which ran between it and the Tiber. As the Tiber was the border between Etruria and Latium, the left-bank settlement of Fidenae represented an extension of Etruscan...
in his dictatorship
Roman dictator
In the Roman Republic, the dictator , was an extraordinary magistrate with the absolute authority to perform tasks beyond the authority of the ordinary magistrate . The office of dictator was a legal innovation originally named Magister Populi , i.e...
, in 435 BC, and which was also borne by his descendants.
Ahala, of which Axilla is merely another form, is a diminutive of ala, a wing. A popular legend related that the name was first given to Gaius Servilius Structus
Gaius Servilius Ahala
Gaius Servilius Structus Ahala was a 5th century BC politician of ancient Rome, considered by many later writers to have been a hero. His fame rested on the contention that he saved Rome from Spurius Maelius in 439 BC by killing him with a dagger concealed under an armpit...
, magister equitum
Master of the Horse
The Master of the Horse was a position of varying importance in several European nations.-Magister Equitum :...
in 439 BC, because he hid the knife with which he slew Spurius Maelius
Spurius Maelius
Spurius Maelius , a wealthy Roman plebeian, who during a severe famine bought up a large amount of wheat and sold it at a low price to the people.-Biography:...
in his armpit (also ala). However, this does not appear to be the case, since the name had been in use by the family for at least a generation before that event.
Servilii Prisci
- Publius Servilius Priscus Structus, father of the consul of 495 BC.
- Publius Servilius P. f. Priscus Structus, consul in 495 BC, defeated the SabineSabineThe Sabines were an Italic tribe that lived in the central Appennines of ancient Italy, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome...
s and the AurunciAurunciThe Aurunci were an Italic population which lived in southern Italy from around the 1st millennium BC. Of Indo-European origin, their language belonged to the Oscan group...
. - Quintus Servilius P. f. Priscus Structus, magister equitum in 494 BC.
- Spurius Servilius P. f. Priscus Structus, consul in 476 BC, repulsed in his attempt to retake the JaniculumJaniculumThe Janiculum is a hill in western Rome, Italy. Although the second-tallest hill in the contemporary city of Rome, the Janiculum does not figure among the proverbial Seven Hills of Rome, being west of the Tiber and outside the boundaries of the ancient city.-Sights:The Janiculum is one of the...
from the Etruscans. - Quintus Servilius Q. f. Priscus Structus, consul in 468 and 466 BC.
- Publius Servilius S. f. P. n. Priscus Structus, consul in 463 BC, was carried off in his consulship by the great plague which raged at Rome in this year.
- Quintus Servilius P. f. S. n. Priscus Structus, dictator in 435 and 418 BC, captured the town of FidenaeFidenaeFidenae, or Fidenes, home of the Fidenates, was an ancient town of Latium, situated about 8 km north of Rome on the Via Salaria, which ran between it and the Tiber. As the Tiber was the border between Etruria and Latium, the left-bank settlement of Fidenae represented an extension of Etruscan...
, thereby obtaining the surname Fidenas. - Quintus Servilius Q. f. P. n. Priscus Fidenas, tribunus militum consulari potestate in 402, 398, 395, 390, 388, and 386 BC.
- Quintus Servilius Q. f. Q. n. Priscus Fidenas, tribunus militum consulari potestate in 382, 378, and 369 BC.
- Spurius Servilius Priscus, censor in 378 BC.
Servilii Ahalae
- Gaius Servilius Structus Ahala, consul in 478 BC, died in his year of office.
- Gaius Servilius Structus AhalaGaius Servilius AhalaGaius Servilius Structus Ahala was a 5th century BC politician of ancient Rome, considered by many later writers to have been a hero. His fame rested on the contention that he saved Rome from Spurius Maelius in 439 BC by killing him with a dagger concealed under an armpit...
, magister equitum in 439 BC, slew Spurius MaeliusSpurius MaeliusSpurius Maelius , a wealthy Roman plebeian, who during a severe famine bought up a large amount of wheat and sold it at a low price to the people.-Biography:...
. - Quintus Servilius C. f. Structus Ahala, father of the consul of 427 BC.
- Gaius Servilius Q. f. C. n. Structus Ahala, consul in 427 BC.
- Gaius Servilius Q. f. C. n. (Structus) Ahala (or Axilla), tribunus militum consulari potestate in 419 and 418 BC, and magister equitum in 418.
- Publius Servilius Q. n. Structus Ahala, father of the magister equitum of 408 BC.
- Gaius Servilius P. f. Q. n. Structus Ahala, tribunus militum consulari potestate in 408, 407, and 402 BC, and magister equitum in 408.
- Gaius Servilius Ahala, magister equitum in 389 and 385 BC.
- Quintus Servilius Q. f. Ahala, father of the consul of 365 BC.
- Quintus Servilius Q. f. Q. n. Ahala, consul in 365 and 362 BC, and dictator in 360.
- Quintus Servilius Q. f. Q. n. Ahala, magister equitum in 351 and consul in 342 BC.
Servilii Structi
- Gaius Servilius Structus, grandfather of the consular tribune.
- Gaius Servilius C. f. Structus, father of the consular tribune.
- Spurius Servilius C. f. C. n. Structus, tribunus militum consulari potestate in 368 BC.
Servilii Caepiones
- Gnaeus Servilius Caepio, grandfather of the consul of 253 BC.
- Gnaeus Servilius Cn. f. Caepio, father of the consul of 253 BC.
- Gnaeus Servilius Cn. f. Cn. n. Caepio, consul in 253 BC, during the First Punic WarFirst Punic WarThe First Punic War was the first of three wars fought between Ancient Carthage and the Roman Republic. For 23 years, the two powers struggled for supremacy in the western Mediterranean Sea, primarily on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and its surrounding waters but also to a lesser extent in...
, sailed to the coast of Africa with his colleague, Gaius Sempronius Blaesus. - Gnaeus Servilius Cn. f. Cn. n. Caepio, father of the consul of 203 BC.
- Gnaeus Servilius Cn. f. Cn. n. Caepio, consul in 203 BC, during the Second Punic WarSecond Punic WarThe Second Punic War, also referred to as The Hannibalic War and The War Against Hannibal, lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western and eastern Mediterranean. This was the second major war between Carthage and the Roman Republic, with the participation of the Berbers on...
. - Gnaeus Servilius Cn. f. Cn. f. Caepio, consul in 169 BC.
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus, consul in 142 BC, adopted by Quintus Fabius Maximus AemilianusQuintus Fabius Maximus AemilianusQuintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus was a Roman statesman and consul .Fabius was by adoption a member of the patrician gens Fabia, but by birth he was the eldest son of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus and Papiria Masonis and the elder brother of Scipio Aemilianus...
. - Gnaeus Servilius Cn. f. Cn. n. Caepio, consul in 141 and censor in 125 BC.
- Quintus Servilius Cn. f. Cn. n. Caepio, consul in 140 BC, during the Lusitanian WarLusitanian WarThe Lusitanian War, called the Purinos Polemos , was a war of resistance fought between the advancing legions of the Roman Republic and the Lusitani tribes of Hispania Ulterior from 155 to 139 BC. The Lusitani revolted on two separate occasions and were pacified...
. - Quintus Servilius Q. f. Cn. n. CaepioQuintus Servilius CaepioQuintus Servilius Caepio the Elder was a Roman statesman and general, consul in 106 BC, and proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul in 105 BC. He was the father of Quintus Servilius Caepio the Younger and the grandfather of Servilia Caepionis....
, consul in 106 BC, during the Cimbrian WarCimbrian WarThe Cimbrian War was fought between the Roman Republic and the Proto-Germanic tribes of the Cimbri and the Teutons , who migrated from northern Europe into Roman controlled territory, and clashed with Rome and her allies...
; his army annihilated at the Battle of ArausioBattle of ArausioThe Battle of Arausio took place on October 6, 105 BC, at a site between the town of Arausio and the Rhône River. Ranged against the migratory tribes of the Cimbri under Boiorix and the Teutoni were two Roman armies, commanded by the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and consul Gnaeus Mallius...
in 105. - Quintus Servilius (Q. f. Q. n.) CaepioQuintus Servilius Caepio the YoungerQuintus Servilius Caepio the Younger was a Roman soldier and statesman. He was elected praetor in 91 BC, and fought for Rome during the Marsic Wars of the Italian Rebellion against Rome. His father was Quintus Servilius Caepio the Elder....
, quaestor urbanus in 100 BC, killed in an ambush during the Social War. - Servilia Q. f. Q. n.Servilia CaepionisServilia Caepionis was the mistress of Julius Caesar, mother of one of Caesar's assassins, Brutus, mother-in-law of another Caesar assassin, Cassius, and half-sister of Cato the Younger.-Life:...
, married Marcus Junius BrutusMarcus Junius Brutus the ElderMarcus Junius Brutus, sometimes referred to by modern historians as Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder to distinguish him from his more famous son, was a tribune of the Roman Republic in 83 BC and the founder of the colony in Capua. He was the first husband to Servilia Caepionis, the elder half-sister...
, and was the mother of the tyrranicide. - Servilia Q. f. Q. n.Servilia the youngerServilia was the younger full sister of Servilia Caepionis and second wife of Lucullus. Lucullus married her on his return from the Third Mithridatic War, after divorcing his first wife Clodia. Servilia bore him a son, but like her sister, she was faithless to her husband. Lucullus, after putting...
, married Lucius Licinius LucullusLucullusLucius Licinius Lucullus , was an optimate politician of the late Roman Republic, closely connected with Sulla Felix...
, praetor in 74 BC. - Quintus Servilius Q. f. (Q. n.) CaepioQuintus Servilius Caepio (son of Q. S. Caepio the Younger)Quintus Servilius Caepio, was the son of Quintus Servilius Caepio the Younger and Livia Drusa, and the full brother to Servilia Caepionis mother of Caesar's assassin Marcus Junius Brutus....
, tribunus militum during the war against SpartacusThird Servile WarThe Third Servile War , also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last of a series of unrelated and unsuccessful slave rebellions against the Roman Republic, known collectively as the Roman Servile Wars...
, in 72 BC. - Servilius Caepio, a supporter of CaesarJulius CaesarGaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
, and at one time betrothed to his daughter, Julia. - Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, the name taken by Marcus Junius Brutus, the tyrannicide, when he was adopted by his uncle, the consul of 72 BC.
Servilii Gemini
- Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, grandfather of the consul of 252 BC.
- Quintus Servilius Cn. f. Geminus, father of the consul of 252 BC.
- Publius Servilius Q. f. Cn. n. Geminus, consul in 252 and 248 BC, during the First Punic WarFirst Punic WarThe First Punic War was the first of three wars fought between Ancient Carthage and the Roman Republic. For 23 years, the two powers struggled for supremacy in the western Mediterranean Sea, primarily on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and its surrounding waters but also to a lesser extent in...
. - Gnaeus Servilius P. f. Q. n. GeminusGnaeus Servilius GeminusGnaeus Servilius Geminus was a Roman consul, serving as both general and admiral of Roman forces, during the Second Punic War....
, consul in 217 BC, slain at the Battle of CannaeBattle of CannaeThe Battle of Cannae was a major battle of the Second Punic War, which took place on August 2, 216 BC near the town of Cannae in Apulia in southeast Italy. The army of Carthage under Hannibal decisively defeated a numerically superior army of the Roman Republic under command of the consuls Lucius...
in 216. - Gaius Servilius P. f. Geminus, praetor before 218 BC, taken prisoner by the BoiiBoiiThe Boii were one of the most prominent ancient Celtic tribes of the later Iron Age, attested at various times in Cisalpine Gaul , Pannonia , in and around Bohemia, and Transalpine Gaul...
that year. - Gaius Servilius C. f. P. n. Geminus, consul in 203 and dictator in 202 BC, and later Pontifex Maximus.
- Marcus Servilius C. f. P. n. Pulex Geminus, consul in 202 BC.
- Marcus Servilius Geminus, consul in AD 3.
Servilii Cascae
- Gaius Servilius Casca, tribunus plebis in 212 BC, failed to intervene on behalf of his relative, Marcus Postumius PyrgensisMarcus Postumius PyrgensisMarcus Postumius, surnamed Pyrgensis, is described by Livius as a "farmer of the taxes" during the Second Punic War, whose character for avarice and fraud were equaled only by Titus Pomponius Veientanus....
. - Publius Servilius Casca LongusServilius CascaPublius Servilius Casca Longus was one of the assassins of Gaius Julius Caesar, who was murdered on 15 March, 44 BC....
, one of Caesar's assassins, died shortly after the Battle of PhilippiBattle of PhilippiThe Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian and the forces of Julius Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia...
, in 42 BC. - Gaius Servilius Casca, brother of Publius, and another of Caesar's assassins.
Servilii Vatiae
- Marcus Servilius Vatia, grandfather of the consul of 79 BC.
- Gaius Servilius M. f. VatiaGaius Servilius VatiaGaius Servilius Vatia was a Praetor in 114 BC.He married Caecilia Metella, born c. 170 BC, daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus. By her he had:* Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus-Further reading:...
, father of the consul of 79 BC. - Publius Servilius C. f. M. n. Vatia, surnamed Isauricus, consul in 79 and censor in 55 BC, triumphed over the IsauriIsauriaIsauria , in ancient geography, is a rugged isolated district in the interior of South Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkır and its surroundings in the Konya province of Turkey, or the core of the Taurus Mountains. In...
. - Publius Servilius P. f. C. n. Vatia IsauricusPublius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (consul 48 BCE)Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus was a Roman Consul elected in 48 BC along with Gaius Julius Caesar. He is generally regarded as a puppet of Caesar, having a long friendship with the Dictator. He was the son of Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus....
, consul in 48 and 41 BC. - Servilia P. f. P. n., betrothed to OctavianusAugustusAugustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
until the formation of the second triumvirateSecond TriumvirateThe Second Triumvirate is the name historians give to the official political alliance of Octavius , Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony, formed on 26 November 43 BC with the enactment of the Lex Titia, the adoption of which marked the end of the Roman Republic...
in 43 BC.
Servilii Rulli
- Publius Servilius RullusServilius RullusPublius Servilius Rullus Roman tribune of the people in 63 BC, proposed one of the most far-reaching agrarian laws brought forward in Roman history....
, tribunus plebis in 63 BC, proposed an agrarian lawAgrarian lawAgrarian laws were laws among the Romans regulating the division of the public lands, or ager publicus.There existed three types of land in ancient Rome: private land, common pasture, and public land...
. - Publius Servilius RullusPublius Servilius Rullus (cavalry leader)Publius Servilius Rullus was a member of the Roman gens Servilia and in 40 BC a cavalry leader of Octavian .He was probably a son of the tribunus plebis of the same name and is only mentioned in autumn 40 BC as cavalry leader of Octavian...
, one of the generals of OctavianusAugustusAugustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
against Mark AntonyMark AntonyMarcus Antonius , known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general. As a military commander and administrator, he was an important supporter and loyal friend of his mother's cousin Julius Caesar...
after the Perusinian War, in 40 BC.
Others
- Gaius Servilius Tucca, consul in 284 BC.
- Servilia, the wife of Quintus Lutatius CatulusQuintus Lutatius CatulusQuintus Lutatius Catulus was consul of the Roman Republic in 102 BC, and the leading public figure of the gens Lutatia of the time. His colleague in the consulship was Gaius Marius, but the two feuded and Catulus sided with Sulla in the civil war of 88–87 BC...
, consul in 102 BC. - Gaius Servilius GlauciaGaius Servilius GlauciaGaius Servilius Glaucia was a Roman politician who served as tribune of the Plebs in 101 BC and praetor in 100 BC. He arranged for the murder of an elected tribune of plebs to make spot for Lucius Appuleius Saturninus who was the next one to become tribune by the votes...
, praetor in 100 BC, a supporter of Lucius Appuleius SaturninusLucius Appuleius SaturninusLucius Appuleius Saturninus was a Roman popularist and tribune; he was a political ally of Gaius Marius, and his downfall caused a great deal of political embarrassment for Marius, who absented himself from public life until he returned to take up a command in the Social War of 91 to 88...
, with whom he perished. - Quintus Servilius, proconsul in 90 BC, was slain by the inhabitants of AsculumAsculumAsculum, also known as Ausculum, was the ancient name of two Italian cities.The first is Ascoli Piceno, the Ausculum in ancient Picenum . It is situated in the valley of the Truentus river on the via Salaria. It was originally a Sabine city . Following its defeat by the Romans in 268 BC...
on the outbreak of the Social War. - Publius Servilius, an eques, magister of one of the companies that farmed the taxes in SiciliaSicilySicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
during the administration of VerresVerresGaius Verres was a Roman magistrate, notorious for his misgovernment of Sicily. It is not known what gens he belonged to, though some give him the nomen Licinius.-As governor:...
. - Publius Servilius Globulus, tribunus plebis in 67 BC.
- Gaius Servilius, a Roman citizen in Sicilia, publicly scourged by Verres.
- Marcus Servilius, accused of repetundae in 51 BC.
- Marcus Servilius, tribunus plebis in 44 BC, praised by CiceroCiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero , was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.He introduced the Romans to the chief...
as a vir fortissimus. - Marcus Servilius Nonianus, consul in AD 35, and one of the most celebrated orators and historians of his time.
- Servilius DamocratesDamocratesServilius Damocrates was a Greek physician at Rome in the middle to late 1st century CE. He may have received the praenomen "Servillius" from his having become a client of the Servilia gens. Galen calls him άριστός ἰατρός, and Pliny says he was "e primis medentium," and relates his cure of...
, a physician at Rome during the 1st century. - Servilius Barea Soranus, consul suffectus in AD 52, and afterwards proconsul of Asia; falsely accused of plotting revolution, and condemned to death.
- Servilia, daughter of Barea Soranus, accused and condemned with her father in AD 66.
- Quintus Servilius PudensQuintus Servilius PudensQuintus Servilius Pudens was a Consul in 166.He married Ceionia Plautia , daughter of Roman Senator Lucius Aelius Verus Caesar and Avidia Plautia, and had:* Servilia , married to Junius Licinius Balbus Quintus Servilius Pudens (ca 120 – aft. 166) was a Consul in 166.He married Ceionia Plautia (b....
, consul in AD 166. - Marcus Servilius Silanus, consul in AD 188.
- Quintus Servilius Silanus, consul in AD 189.