Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (cos. 79) edit

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)

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Career

98 BCE

Tribune of the Plebs edit

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.
90 BCE

Praetor edit

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.
79 BCE

Consul edit

MT: Appointed by Sulla (dictator at the time)