Quintus Servilius Caepio (uncle of Brutus)
Quintus Servilius Caepio was the son of Quintus Servilius Caepio (likely from a marriage before Livia) and thus half-brother of Servilia Major, Servilia Minor and Gnaeus Servilius Caepio.[1] He adopted Marcus Junius Brutus, the son of his sister Servilia Major, due to this Brutus used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus at times.[2][3] He was also likely married to his second cousin Hortensia.[4]
Quintus Servilius Caepio | |
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| Born | pre 106 BC |
| Spouse(s) | Hortensia |
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References
- Ancient society. 15–18. Université catholique de Louvain: Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven. 1984. p. 98.
- Plutarch, "The Life of Cato the Younger", 8, 11.
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, pp. 512 ("Marcus Junius Brutus", No. 21), 535 ("Quintus Servilius Caepio", No. 9).
- https://books.google.se/books?id=Esn_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA50&dq=servilii+caepiones&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiukrG9mIXuAhXMo4sKHWIWBSAQ6AEwAnoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=servilii%20caepiones&f=false
Bibliography
- Plutarchus, Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans.
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
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