Publius Servilius Rullus (Rider Guide)
Publius Servilius Rullus came from the Roman family of the Servilians and was 40 BC. Chr. Riding leader of Octavian (later Emperor Augustus ).
Life
Publius Servilius Rullus was possibly a son of the tribune of the same name from 63 BC. All that is known about his career is that he served as a cavalry leader in the conflict between the triumvirs Marcus Antonius and Octavian the latter , which continued after the Peruvian War (winter 41/40 BC) . Marcus Antonius returned in the autumn of 40 BC. BC returned to Italy from his stay in the east of the Roman Empire and besieged Brundisium when the latter refused to accept its ships. Octavian's friend and talented general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was able to recapture the Sipontum taken from Antonius , but Rullus suffered a defeat in a cavalry meeting near the city of Hyria , although he was militarily superior to Antonius with his 1,500 cavalrymen. Soon the triumvirs were temporarily reconciled in the Treaty of Brundisium . Rullus was not mentioned again later.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Servilius 80). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II A, 2, Stuttgart 1923, column 1808 f.
Remarks
- ^ Cassius Dio 48, 28, 1 (giving Rullus' full name); Appian , Civil Wars 5, 58, 245 (only indication of the gentile name).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Servilius Rullus, Publius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman equestrian leader 40 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |