Carvilia (gens)
The gens Carvilia was a plebeian gens at Rome, which first distinguished itself during the Samnite Wars. The first member of the gens to achieve the consulship was Spurius Carvilius Maximus, in 293 BC.[1]
Praenomina used by the gens
The praenomina used by the Carvilii were Spurius, Gaius, and Lucius.[2]
Prominent members of the gens
- Spurius Carvilius C. f. C. n. Maximus, consul in 293 and 272 BC.
- Spurius Carvilius S. f. C. n. Maximus Ruga, consul in 234 and 228 BC.
- Spurius Carvilius Ruga, a freedman and schoolteacher at Rome circa 230 BC, credited with developing the letter G.
- Spurius Carvilius, tribunus plebis in 212 BC.
- Lucius Carvilius, tribunus plebis in 212 BC.
- Spurius Carvilius, representative of Gnaeus Sicinius, appointed by the Senate to watch the ambassadors of Perseus in 171 BC.
- Gaius Carvilius, negotiated the surrender of the Roman garrison at Uscana to Perseus in 169 BC.
See also
Footnotes
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.