Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus (consul 468 BC)

Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus was a Roman statesman who served as Consul in 468 BC and 466 BC.

Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office
1 August 468 BC [1]  31 July 467 BC
Preceded byTitus Numicius Priscus, Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus (consul 469 BC)
Succeeded byTiberius Aemilius Mamercinus, Quintus Fabius Vibulanus
In office
1 August 466 BC [2]  31 July 465 BC
Preceded byTiberius Aemilius Mamercinus, Quintus Fabius Vibulanus
Succeeded byQuintus Fabius Vibulanus, Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus
Personal details
BornUnknown
Ancient Rome
DiedUnknown
Ancient Rome

Career

In 468 BC, he became consul alongside Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus. He was elected by the patricians only, as plebeians refused to vote. During the year, he was given command of Roman forced against the Sabines who have ravaged Latium and the Roman lands. He in turn ravaged the Sabine territory, and recovered a greater amount of booty than the Sabines had. There was no major engagement with the Sabines, although the war with them which had been ongoing since 470 BC seems to have abated at this time.

In 466 BC, he became consul for the second time with Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis. He led a Roman army into the Aequian territory to continue a war against them. However an illness through the Roman camp prevented any military engagement.[3]

In 465 BC Servilius was appointed Praefectus urbi during a justitium when both consuls were to be absent from Rome dealing with the ongoing military threat from the Aequi.[4]

He was elected quaestor in 459 BC and attempted to prosecute the tribune of the plebs, Marcus Volscius Fictor, for giving false witness against Caeso Quinctius. His colleague in the quaestorship was the otherwise unknown Aulus Cornelius. The trial against Volscius was continued by the quaestors of the following year.[5][6]

See also

References

Specific
  1. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
  2. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
  3. Livy, 3.2
  4. Livy, 3.3
  5. Livy. iii, 24.3-7, 29.6
  6. Broughton, vol i, pp. 38-40
Political offices
Preceded by
Titus Numicius Priscus
Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus (consul 469 BC)
Consul of the Roman Republic
with Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus
468 BC
Succeeded by
Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus II
Quintus Fabius Vibulanus
Preceded by
Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus II
Quintus Fabius Vibulanus
Consul of the Roman Republic
with Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis
466 BC
Succeeded by
Quintus Fabius Vibulanus II
Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus III
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