Quintus Servilius Caepio (uncle of Brutus)
Quintus Servilius Caepio (died 59 BC), was the son of Quintus Servilius Caepio and Livia, and a full brother of Servilia Major and Servilia Minor. He was a half-brother of Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger who was very fond of him. In 71 BC, during the Third Servile War, Caepio served as a tribune in the army of Marcus Licinius Crassus. In his will he adopted Marcus Junius Brutus, the son of his sister Servilia Major. For a period of time, Brutus used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus to honor his uncle.[1][2]
See also
- Servilia (gens)
References
- Plutarch, "The Life of Cato the Younger", 8, 11.
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, pp. 512 ("Marcus Junius Brutus", No. 21), 535 ("Quintus Servilius Caepio", No. 9).
Bibliography
- Plutarchus, Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans.
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
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