person
Servilia
Servilia, mother-in-law of the orator Q. Hortensius and host of Dio of Halaesa during his appeal at Rome (Verr. 2.2.24). Cicero stresses her old patronage of the Sicilians to expose Hortensius's connivance in Verres's extortions. Distinct from the more famous Servilia, mother of M. Brutus (Ad Att. 15.11).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 15.6 §4 Servilia has come back
Servilia, mother of Brutus and a formidable political operator (and former mistress of Caesar); her assurance that Brutus and Cassius "will not depart" carried real weight in their counsels.
- Ad Atticum 15.10 §1 his mother's counsel
Servilia, mother of Marcus Brutus and a powerful behind-the-scenes player; since Brutus was already guided by her advice and pleas, Cicero questions what role is left for his own counsel.
- Ad Atticum 15.17 §2 not failing Servilia, that is to say, Brutus
Servilia, the formidable mother of Marcus Brutus (and a former mistress of Caesar); to serve her interests is, in effect, to serve Brutus's, so closely is she bound up in his cause.
- Ad Atticum 15.24 §1 Servilia told him that Brutus had set out
Servilia, Brutus's formidable mother (and once Caesar's mistress), a central figure in the Liberators' counsels; she informs Cicero's courier of her son's movements. The destination is corrupt in the manuscripts (marked with daggers).
- Ad M. Brutum 1.12 §1 your mother's prayers, nor to your sister's
Brutus's mother was Servilia (half-sister of Cato Uticensis and former intimate of Julius Caesar); his sister was Iunia Tertia, wife of Cassius Longinus, who was interceding on behalf of Lepidus's children.
- Ad M. Brutum 1.18 §1 a most prudent and most attentive woman, your mother
Servilia (c. 100–after 42 BC), daughter of Quintus Servilius Caepio; she was the mother of Marcus Brutus and, as the former long-standing mistress of Julius Caesar, a figure of great political weight who continued to manage her son's interests in Rome after Brutus left for the East.