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Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (cos. 79)

Consul in 79 BCE. In 63 BC he stood for election for pontifex maximus, but defeated by Caesar (his son would later be friend and co-consul of Caesar)

🏛️ Career

  1. 98 BCE
    (aged 32)
    Tribune of the Plebs

    Broughton: The date of his tribunate can only be conjectured from that of his praetorship, which it would normally precede by eight or more years. See Niccolini, FTP 421.

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Cic. Dom. 43 (ullius emended by Halm and Lange to P. Servilius)
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Ap. Claudius Pulcher (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 79 BCE (Consul)

    C. Caelius (pr. 90) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Cassius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    Gn. Octavius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 90 BCE
    (aged 40)
    Praetor

    Broughton: Servilius was a candidate for the consulship of 87 (a), and 90 is therefore the latest date for his praetorship under the Leges Annales. As he celebrated a triumph from his province in 88, Münzer conjeetures that he held one of the Spanish provinces, for the governors of Gaul, Macedonia, and Asia are known. All the Spanish triumphs however that are recorded in Act. Tr. were celebrated pro consule, while that of Servilius was celebrated pro praetore. The probabilities therefore favor Sardinia (b) et Cilicia (c), the scene of his later exploits. On his identification, see Degrassi 563.

    Sources (3)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Plut. Sull. 10.3, emending the reading #; of. Mommsen, RMW 536; Münzer, APF 303
      • (b) of. Act. Tr. for 172
      • (c) see 92, Promagistrates, on Sulla
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Ap. Claudius Pulcher (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 79 BCE (Consul)

    C. Caelius (pr. 90) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Cassius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    Gn. Octavius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

  3. 79 BCE
    (aged 51)
    Consul · Co-consul: Ap. Claudius Pulcher

    MT: Appointed by Sulla (dictator at the time)

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f., 130, 484f. (Servilius' name entire; AP. C ----- ]); Frontin. Str. 4.5.1 (Glaucia emended to Claudio); App. BC 1.103; Gran. Lic. 39B; Chr. 354 (Vatio et Pulchro); Fast. Hyd. (Vitia et Pulehro, Claudio et Servilio), so also Chr. Pasc.; Oros. 5.22.1; Cassiod.; Schol. Gron. 347 Stangl; on Servilius, IG 7.244; Val. Max. 8.5.6; Plut. Pomp. 14.5; Apophth. Pomp. 5; and on Claudius, Cic. Cael. 33.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Ap. Claudius Pulcher (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 79 BCE (Consul)

    C. Caelius (pr. 90) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Cassius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    Gn. Octavius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 90 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

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