Quintus Servilius Caepio (Consul 140 BC)

Quintus Servilius Caepio (* around 181 BC; † 112 BC ) was a Roman general and politician.

Servilius Caepio came from the patrician family of the Servilians , his father Gnaeus Servilius Caepio was 169 BC. Was consul . According to Caepio's own consulate in 140 BC BC, a year after his older brother Gnaeus , he was sent to Spain, where he was supposed to conclude a peace treaty with the Lusitans , who had brought the Romans there on the verge of defeat.

Instead of making peace, the Caepio, known for his brutality and ruthlessness, provoked another war by offering a head prize to the opposing guerrilla leader Viriathus . After he was murdered by his own people, Caepio referred the assassins to Rome for the payment of the sum. Under their new leader Tantalos, the Lusitanians unsuccessfully attacked the city of Sagunto (not as Appian says the famous Sagunto from the war against Hannibal, but probably Saguntia, today's Baños de Gigonza in the west of Hispania Baetica) and were attacked by Caepio on the retreat . They surrendered, and after they were disarmed, Caepio gave them enough land to stop them from making raids.

Caepio was charged several times with various offenses, but was always acquitted because of his relationships and notoriety.

His son of the same name was consul 106 BC. Chr.

literature

Philip Matyszak: History of the Roman Republic. From Romulus to Augustus. License issue. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2004, ISBN 3-534-17578-6 .

Individual evidence

↑ Florian Meister: The war of Sertorius and his Spanish roots. Studies on war and acculturation on the Iberian Peninsula in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC Chr. (= Series of publications studies on historical research in antiquity. 16). Dr. Kovac, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8300-3046-1 , pp. 71-72, (also: Marburg, University, dissertation, 2007).
^ Appian, Wars in Spain, CHAPTER XII. In: www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved April 11, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Servilius Caepio, Quintus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Caepio, Quintus Servilius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman general and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	around 181 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	112 BC Chr.

[1] Florian Meister: The war of Sertorius and his Spanish roots. Studies on war and acculturation on the Iberian Peninsula in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC Chr. (= Series of publications studies on historical research in antiquity. 16). Dr. Kovac, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8300-3046-1 , pp. 71-72, (also: Marburg, University, dissertation, 2007).

[2] Appian, Wars in Spain, CHAPTER XII. In: www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved April 11, 2016 .