Gnaeus Servilius Caepio (born ) was a Roman politician who was consul in 141 BC; his colleague was
Quintus Pompeius. He was the elder brother of one of his immediate successors in the consulship,
Quintus Servilius Caepio Quintus Servilius Caepio may refer to:
* Quintus Servilius Caepio (consul 140 BC)
* Quintus Servilius Caepio (consul 106 BC)
* Quintus Servilius Caepio (quaestor 103 BC)
* Quintus Servilius Caepio (adoptive father of Brutus)
* Quintus Servilius ...
, and the homonymous son of the
consul of 169 BC.
During his consulship, he was "placed in charge of the investigation of
uciusHostilius Tubulus
ne of the praetors for 142 BCby the senate", who had become "a byword for accepting bribes while presiding over the ''quaestio de sicariis''". Tubulus was put on trial by
Publius Mucius Scaevola who served as
tribune of the plebs
Tribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune ( la, tribunus plebis) was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians, and was, throughout the history of the Republic, the most important check on the power o ...
that year, resulting in Tubulus' departure into exile. 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.
Some time around 138 BC, he joined his brother and some of the Caecilii Metelli in prosecuting his former consular colleague Pompeius for extortion. He, and his brother, were active lawyers in this period, as noted by Cicero. 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;
[. Citing Oros. 5.9.4.] Broughton, however, in ''Magistrates of the Roman Republic'' (1952) notes no such command.
He was elected to the censorship of 125 BC with
Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla was a Roman politician. He served as consul in 127 BC and censor at the following lustrum in 125 BC.
His first recorded office was that of tribune of the plebs in 137 BC. As a tribune of the plebs, ...
. During their term, they constructed the
Aqua Tepula.
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Servilii Caepiones
2nd-century BC Roman consuls
180s BC births