Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SERV0929 C. Servilius (51) Casca

Relationships

related to
M. Postumius (18) Pyrgensis (eq. R. late C3) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Liv. XXV 3.15

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis 212 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Niccolini (FTP 94f.) accepts the cognomen Casca in Liv. 25.3.17, and in 15, where it is supplied form 17. The cognomen was not in general use until much later and first appears elsewhere in the Servilian gens in the period of Caesar. Münzer accordingly suggests (RE s. v. "Servilius," nos. 51 and 60; APF 140-143) that C. Servilius Geminus, who was Tr. Pl. shortly before he became Aed. Pl. in 209 (Liv. 27.21.9-10; 29.38.7; 30.19.7-9) is the Tribune of 212, that the cognomen Casca was inserted to veil disgraceful conduct in an eminent Servilius, and that he is to be identified with the Legate, C. Servilius, who was commissioned by the Pr. Urbanus, on the authority of the Senate, to{272} buy grain in Etruria. This commission, followed as it was by the supplying of the garrison of Tarentum, was rather difficult for a Tribune of the Plebs to perform. Münzer supposes that the Legate may be an unknown member of another branch of the Servilii. The same may be said of Casca. It is more probable that the Legate is C. Servilius Geminus whose tribunate in the years immediately preceding 209 has passed unmentioned like the majority of the tribunates in this period. See Aymard, REA 45 (1943) 200, note 2, who leaves the question in doubt. (Broughton MRR I)
    • The Carvilii indicted the publican Postumius for fraud, and when Servilius failed to apply the veto the publicans threw the meeting into disorder (Liv. 25.3.8-5.1). (Broughton MRR I)

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