person
P. Servilius
also: Publius Servilius, P. Servilius et Q. Catulus, Publius Servilius and Quintus Catulus, P. Servilio iudici, Publius Servilius the judge
P. Servilius Vatia Isauricus, consul 79 BC, proconsul of Cilicia 78-74, conqueror of the Isaurian pirates and of mountain Lycia; triumphed in 74. Father of the consul of 48 BC. A weighty consular present at the trial of Verres (Verr. 2.1.56; 2.5.79) and a frequent point of reference (De lege agraria 1.5; 2.50).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 6.1 §16 the interest on their contracts which they had written into the agreements, even Servilius respected
P. Servilius Vatia Isauricus, an earlier governor of upright reputation, had upheld the interest rates the tax-farmers (publicani) wrote into their collection-contracts; Cicero cites him as precedent for indulging the publicani without injustice to the Greeks.
- Ad M. Brutum 1.5 §1 Servilius
Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus the Younger (consul 48 BC with Julius Caesar), an influential senior senator who spoke in the Senate debate on pursuing Dolabella.
- Ad Familiares 12.2 §1 P. Servilius
P. Servilius Vatia Isauricus (cos. 48 BC), an eminent consular who followed Cicero in attacking Antony in the Senate.
- Ad Familiares 13.68 §3 that most illustrious man, your father
The elder P. Servilius Vatia Isauricus (cos. 79 BC, censor 55), conqueror of the Isaurian pirates and a senior consular still living in 46 BC. Cicero promises to look after the old man's interests at Rome on the grounds of long friendship and the favours the family had done him.