Gnaeus Servilius Caepio (born c. 184 BC) was a Roman politician who was consul in 141 BC; his colleague was Quintus Pompeius.[1] He was the elder brother of one of his immediate successors in the consulship, Quintus Servilius Caepio, and the homonymous son of the consul of 169 BC.[2]

During his consulship, he was "placed in charge of the investigation of [Lucius] Hostilius Tubulus [one of the praetors for 142 BC] by the senate", who had become "a byword for accepting bribes while presiding over the quaestio de sicariis".[3] Tubulus was put on trial by Publius Mucius Scaevola who served as tribune of the plebs that year, resulting in Tubulus' departure into exile.[4] It is unclear what province Gnaeus Caepio received after his consulship; it is possible he was defeated in Macedonia, but more likely stayed in Italy.[2]

Some time around 138 BC, he joined his brother and some of the Caecilii Metelli in prosecuting his former consular colleague Pompeius for extortion.[2] He, and his brother, were active lawyers in this period, as noted by Cicero.[2] Münzer writes in the Realencyclopädie (1942) that Caepio, with a Quintus Metellus, suppressed a slave revolt at Minturnae and Sinuessa as part of an extraordinary command late in 133 BC;[5] Broughton, however, in Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1952) notes no such command.[6]

He was elected to the censorship of 125 BC with Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla. During their term, they constructed the Aqua Tepula.[7]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Broughton 1951, p. 477.
  2. ^ a b c d Münzer 1942.
  3. ^ Broughton 1951, p. 475.
  4. ^ Broughton 1951, pp. 475, 477.
  5. ^ Münzer 1942. Citing Oros. 5.9.4.
  6. ^ Broughton 1952, p. 618.
  7. ^ Broughton 1951, p. 510.

Sources

  • Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1951). The magistrates of the Roman republic. Vol. 1. New York: American Philological Association.
  • Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1952). The magistrates of the Roman republic. Vol. 2. New York: American Philological Association.
  • Münzer, Friedrich (1942). "Servilius 46". Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (in German). Vol. 18. p. 1781.

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Preceded byLucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus and Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus Consul of the Roman Republic 141 BC With: Quintus Pompeius Succeeded byGaius Laelius Sapiens and Quintus Servilius Caepio Preceded byQuintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus and Quintus Pompeius (131 BC) Roman censor 125 BC With: Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla Succeeded byQuintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi (120 BC)
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