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She was the daughter of Quintus Servilius Caepio and Livia, thus the maternal half-sister of Cato the Younger. She married Marcus Junius Brutus, with whom she had a son, the Brutus who, along with others in the Senate, assassinated Julius Caesar.
Servilia was the mistress of Julius Caesar, mother to his murderer Marcus Brutus, and one of the grandes dames of Rome’s late republican period. Servilia was the daughter of Quintus Servilius Caepio and Livia. Servilia was first wed to Marcus Junius Brutus, by whom she bore the younger Brutus in 85.
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There was a meeting at Brutus' house attended by Cicero, Brutus and Cassius (and wives), and Brutus' mother, in which Cassius announced his intention to go to Syria while Brutus wanted to return to Rome, but ended up going to Greece. [107]
Brutus was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus (who was treacherously killed by Pompey the Great in 77) and Servilia (who later became Caesar’s lover). After his adoption by an uncle, Quintus Servilius Caepio, he was commonly called Quintus Caepio Brutus.
- E. Badian
- Brutus was one of the leaders of the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar. Long optimistic about Caesar’s plans, Brutus was shocked when, ear...
- After Caesar’s assassination, Brutus and Cassius were driven from Rome and gradually seized all the Roman East. In late 42 they met Mark Antony and...
Servilia (101 BC – after 42 BC) was a Roman matron from a distinguished family, the Servilii Caepiones. She was the daughter of Quintus Servilius Caepio and Livia, thus the half-sister of Cato the Younger. She married Marcus Junius Brutus, with whom she had a son, the Brutus who, along with others in the Senate, would assassinate Julius Caesar.
Marcus Junius Brutus was born in 85 BCE to a distinguished Roman family. His mother, Servilia, was the half-sister of Cato the Younger, a staunch defender of the Republic, while his father was a governor who was killed in 77 BCE after attempting to overthrow Pompey.
Servilia (c. 100 bce–?) was one of the most prominent women in the generation of Cicero and Caesar and the older half-sister of Cato Uticensis, who would become a martyr for the republican cause. She was the mother of Marcus Brutus, a leader in the plot to assassinate Servilia’s long-time lover, Gaius Julius Caesar, the dictator.
