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Publius Servilius Isauricus (cos. 48)

Consul in 48 BCE with Caesar

🏛️ Career

  1. 60 BCE
    Quaestor

    Broughton: Spoke among the last in a meeting of the Senate in March of this year (a), and so may have held the quaestorship by this year.

    Sources (1)
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Cosconius (pr. 54) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.556, final 0.556): 54 BCE (Praetor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Julius Caesar (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 48 BCE (Consul, Dictator)

    C. Trebonius (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 60 BCE (Quaestor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Antonius Pietas (cos. 41) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 41 BCE (Consul)

    C. Fannius (pr. 54) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.333, final 0.333): 54 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 54 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: Brought C. Messius into court although he was a Legate of Caesar (a), and joined with Cato in opposing a triumph for Pomptinus (b).

    Sources (2)
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Cosconius (pr. 54) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.556, final 0.556): 54 BCE (Praetor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Julius Caesar (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 48 BCE (Consul, Dictator)

    C. Trebonius (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 60 BCE (Quaestor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Antonius Pietas (cos. 41) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 41 BCE (Consul)

    C. Fannius (pr. 54) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.333, final 0.333): 54 BCE (Praetor)

  3. 48 BCE
    Consul · Co-consul: C. Julius Caesar

    Broughton: In this year Caesar brought an army across the Adriatic, and after winter engagements, such as his attempt to besiege Pompey at Dyrrachium, won a decisive victory over Pompey at Pharsalus, then pursued him to Egypt, and toward the end of the year became embroiled in the dispute between Cleopatra and her brother for the Egyptian throne (a). Servilius meantime in Italy (b) suppressed the illegal activities of Caelius Rufus (c; see below, Praetors), and after receiving news of Caesar's victory at Pharsalus, named him Dictator for a second time (d; see below, Dictator).

    Sources (5)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.776, 937, and 938; Caes. BC 3.1.1; Cic. Phil. 14.23; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 132, 498f., cf. Fast. Ost., ibid. 180, 182; Vell. 2.53.2; Val. Max. 8.3.2; Plut. Caes. 37.1; Dio, Indexes to 41, and 42; 41.43.1; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Ch7.. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Caesar, SIG³ 760; 1. de Delos 4.1.1587–Choix 166; Lucan 5.389-402; Grueber, CRRBM 2.559.
      • (a) Caes. BG 3; Auct. Bell. Alex. 1-25; Liv. Per. 110-112; Vell. 2.51-54; Lucan 5.403-10.546; Suet. Iul. 35; Plut. Caes. 37-49; Pomp. 65-80; Cic. 39.1-2; Flor. 2.13.35-63; Dio 41.43-42.40; Eutrop. 6.20-22; Oros. 6.15.10-34; Zonar. 10.8-10; and for a detailed citation of sources, see D.–G. 3.432-486
      • (b) Dio 42.17.1
      • (c) Caes. BC 3.21; Dio 42.22.1-25.3; cf. Cic. Fam. 8.17; Quintil. Inst. Or. 6.3.25
      • (d) Dio 42.21.1
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Cosconius (pr. 54) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.556, final 0.556): 54 BCE (Praetor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Julius Caesar (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 48 BCE (Consul, Dictator)

    C. Trebonius (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 60 BCE (Quaestor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Antonius Pietas (cos. 41) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 41 BCE (Consul)

    C. Fannius (pr. 54) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.333, final 0.333): 54 BCE (Praetor)

  4. 41 BCE
    Consul · Co-consul: L. Antonius Pietas (cos. 41)

    Broughton: L. Antonius celebrated a triumph ex Alpibus on January 1 (a). Incited by Antony's wife Fulvia, he soon clashed with Octavian regarding the confiscation of lands in cities of Italy and their distribution among veterans. After first attempting to maintain the interest of his brother in the settlement of veterans he later claimed to be a protector of the towns, and a champion of the rights of the Consuls against the Triumvir Octavian. Several attempts at agreement with Octavian, mainly caused by pressure from the soldiers, proved ineffectual, and war broke out, with L. Antonius by the end of the year tightly besieged in Perusia awaiting the hesitant help of the forces under the various Antonian commanders in Italy (b). Meantime Servilius remained quietly in the background (c).

    Sources (4)
    • Broughton, MRR
      • CIL 6.358-ILS 3102; Fast. Colot., Degrassi 274f.; Fast. Mag. Vic., ibid. 282f.; Fast. Biond., ibid. 291, and see 135, 504f.; Suet. Tib. 5; Dio 48, Index; 48.4.1; Chr. 354 (Petate et Isaurico); Fast. Hyd. (Antonino Pietate et Isaurico); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; on Servilius, Dio 48.13.4; and on Antonius, Grueber, CRRBM 2.400-402, Pietas Cos., cf. Grant, From Imperium to Auctoritas 38f. 2.491f., L. Antonius Cos.; Act. Tr., Degrassi 86f., 568; Fast. Barb., ibid., 342f.; Fast. Cupr., Degrassi 144; Liv. Per. 125; Vell. 2.74.2; App. BC 5.14, and on his assumption of the cognomen Pietas, Dio 48.5.4.
      • (a) Act. Tr.; Fast. Barb.; Dio 48.4
      • (b) App. BC 4.12-34; Dio 48.5-14; cf. Liv. Per. 125-126; Vell. 2.74.2-3; Suet. Aug. 13-14; Plut. Ant. 30.1; Flor. 2.16; Eutrop. 7.3.4; Oros. 6.18.17-18; see below, Promagistrates, on Asinius Pollio, Munatius Plancus, and Ventidius Bassus
      • (c) Dio 48.13.4
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Cosconius (pr. 54) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.556, final 0.556): 54 BCE (Praetor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Julius Caesar (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 48 BCE (Consul, Dictator)

    C. Trebonius (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 60 BCE (Quaestor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Antonius Pietas (cos. 41) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.444, final 0.444): 41 BCE (Consul)

    C. Fannius (pr. 54) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.333, final 0.333): 54 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Parents
    Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (cos. 79)