Quintus Servilius Caepio (proconsul 90 BC)
Quintus Servilius Caepio († 90 BC ) was a politician of the late Roman Republic .
The son of the consul of the same name from 106 BC. Was, probably in the year 100 BC. BC, quaestor and turned against the grain law introduced by the tribune Lucius Appuleius Saturninus . He was charged, but acquitted, the following year.
Caepio was married to Livia , the sister of Marcus Livius Drusus , whose wife was in turn Caepio's sister. From this marriage came the daughter Servilia Caepionis , mother of Marcus Junius Brutus and lover Gaius Iulius Caesar , and the son Quintus Servilius Caepio . Caepio, however, divorced Livia and was a bitter opponent of her brother when he was the tribune of the people in 91 BC. Tried to make political reforms. Pliny the Elder says that a gold ring brought the brothers-in-law into conflict. Caepio was presumably praetor that year .
In the alliance war he served in 90 BC. BC as a legacy under the consul Publius Rutilius Lupus . When the latter had fallen, Caepio took over part of his army with a proconsular empire , but, like Rutilius, was ambushed and died.
Cicero has great respect for him.
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Remarks
- ↑ Cicero , Brutus 46, 169.
- ↑ Auct., Ad Herenn. I 21; II 17; IV 35; Sallust , Hist. I 62 M.
- ↑ Pliny, HN XXXIII 1 § 6.
- ^ TRS Broughton, The magistrates of the Roman Republic , Vol. 2, New York, 1952, pp. 20, 24 (note 5).
- ↑ a b Livius , Per. LXXIII; Appian , BC I 44.
- ↑ ILS 29; Livius, Per. LXXIII; Eutropius , V 3.2; Orosius , V 18.14. Cf. Florus , II 6.11
- ↑ Cicero, Fin. III 2.8.
literature
- TRS Broughton, The magistrates of the Roman Republic , Vol. 1, New York, 1951, p. 576.
- TRS Broughton, The magistrates of the Roman Republic , Vol. 2, New York, 1952, pp. 20, 24 (note 5), 28, 30.
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| SURNAME | Servilius Caepio, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caepio, Quintus Servilius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician and military leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 90 BC Chr. |