Gaius Servilius Ahala (Consul 427 BC)

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In Rome in the 5th century BC Born politician Gaius Servilius Ahala in 427 BC. The office of consul in the early Roman Republic .

family

Gaius Servilius Ahala belonged to the old patrician gens of the ostensibly for Alba Longa originating Servilii . The members of the family branch with the Cognomen Ahala played an important role in Rome during the 5th and 4th centuries BC.

The consul of the year 427 BC BC is not associated with the consular tribune of the same name Gaius Servilius Ahala of the years 408, 407 and 402 BC. Chr. Identical.

consulate

Gaius Servilius Ahala was born on November 17, 427 BC. Together with Lucius Papirius Mugillanus appointed consul of the Roman Republic for one year . Lucius Papirius Mugillanus filled this office for the second time.

The year passed without another clash with Veii , who had carried out raids on Roman territory the previous year. Because of the unsuccessful attempt to reach a peaceful agreement with the Etruscans , the plebeians were able to get a law passed (the lex de bello indicendo ), according to which declarations of war had to be voted by the Comitia Centuriata and warfare had to be transferred to the consular tribunes of the following year.

Consular Tribunate

In the years 419, 418 and 417 BC A Gaius Servilius Structus officiated as a military tribune with consular authority. The chronograph from 354 puts this person in touch with the consul from 427 BC. BC, although this is anything but certain from a modern point of view due to the different cognomina. Nevertheless, despite the uncertain sources, the research also assumes that it was one and the same person.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Münzer : Servilius (Ahala). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II A, 2, Stuttgart 1923, Sp. 1768-1773.
  2. ↑ Titus Livius , Ab urbe condita IV, 2.30.
  3. ^ Robert Maxwell Ogilvie : A commentary on Livy, Books 1-5. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1965, p. 603.
personal data
SURNAME Servilius Ahala, Gaius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr.