Quintus Servilius Caepio (Consul 106 BC)
Quintus Servilius Caepio was a politician of the late Roman Republic .
The son of the consul of the same name from 140 BC. Was from 129 to 126 BC. Chr. Legate in Asia and 109 Praetor in the province of Hispania Ulterior , where he against the Lusitanian fought. After his return in 107 BC He could celebrate a triumph . 106 BC He was consul and reversed the regulation of Gaius Sempronius Gracchus , who had given the knights instead of the senators the right to sit on a jury.
105 BC Caepio went to Gaul as proconsul to fight the Cimbri together with the consul of the year, Gnaeus Mallius Maximus . However, because he disliked this as homo novus , he caused the heavy Roman defeat in the battle of Arausio ( Orange ). Caepio lost his empire and his rank as senator. 104 BC He was also charged with embezzling a treasure he had stolen from the Volcae in Tolosa ( aurum Tolosanum ) , and the following year for high treason. Before being sentenced, he fled into exile in Smyrna and died there.
His son of the same name fell during a proconsular command in 90 BC. Chr.
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Servilius [I 12]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 .
- Servilius 49). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II A, 2, Stuttgart 1923.
Remarks
- ^ Tituli Asiae Minoris 5, 1, 528 .
- ↑ Inscriptions from Iasos 612 , lines 25 and 30.
- ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero , Pro Balbo 28.
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| SURNAME | Servilius Caepio, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caepio, Quintus Servilius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician, consul 106 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 103 BC Chr. |