366:
431:, the first time a Roman army crossed these mountains, and succeeded in defeating the Isaurian hill tribes along the northern slopes. He laid siege to their principal town, Isaura, and managed to capture it after diverting the course of a river, thereby depriving the defenders in the town of their only source of water, after which they surrendered. It was during this part of the campaign that he was acclaimed
399:
which had been ravaging shipping for many years. His command lasted from 78 until 74 BC. The first year (78) he allocated to the military preparations, the following two years he fought a combined naval and land campaign against pirates and the
469:. After parading the captured pirates in his triumph, he deposited the entire war booty he had captured into the treasury and, unlike his peers, kept none for himself, a feat for which he was widely acclaimed.
435:
by his legionaries. By 74 BC, Vatia
Isauricus had organized the territory he had conquered and incorporated it into the province of Cilicia. He was succeeded as proconsul of Cilicia by
516:
In 57 BC he joined the other members of the aristocracy to bring about Cicero's return from banishment, while in the following year (56 BC) he opposed in the senate the restoration of
17:
528:. In 55 BC he was elected censor, a position he held until at least July 54 BC. During his time as censor, he and his colleague attempted to regulate the stream of the
314:. In 87 BC, he was one of Sulla's lieutenants in Italy, and he attempted to stop the return of Gaius Marius and his supporters, but was driven from
306:, Isauricus put himself forward as Sulla's preferred candidate for the consular elections of 87 BC, but was defeated in the subsequent election by
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412:
coasts. After the pirates fled to their fortified strongholds, Vatia
Isauricus began attacking their coastal fortresses. He captured the town of
404:
in
Cilicia. In 77 and 76 he achieved a number of naval victories against the pirates off the Cilician coast, and was able to occupy the
505:, who had served him in his war against the pirates the decade before. Towards the end of that same year he had supported the consul
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and a number of minor pirate strongholds, capturing a number of pirate captains in the process, including the famous Nicon.
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and a member of the plebeian branch of the gens
Servilii, while his mother was Caecilia Metella, daughter of
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261:
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513:, and spoke in the senate in favour of imposing the death penalty upon Catiline and his supporters.
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the command of the renewed war against the pirates. In 63 BC he was a candidate for the position of
922:
444:
392:
285:
322:, who took command of his army. Sometime after this defeat he fled Italy to join Sulla in Greece.
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who incorporated Vatia
Isauricus' veteran troops and fleet into his army when he marched against
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140:
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In 84 BC, Isauricus returned to Italy with Sulla. He fought under Sulla in the
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559:
502:
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for his victories over the
Isaurians. Upon returning to Rome he celebrated a
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viii. 5. § 6 ; comp. Drumann, Geschichte Roms, vol. iv. pp. 396, 397.)
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478:
349:. While Isauricus was still consul designate, he opposed the awarding of a
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By now, Vatia
Isauricus was considered one of the leading members of the
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747:
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207:
539:. Due to his being close to 80 years of age, he took no part in the
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iii. 6 ; Eutrop. vi. 3 ; Strabo xiv. pp. 667, 671 ;
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510:
481:, and sometime prior to 76 BC, Vatia Isauricus was admitted to the
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after his failed revolt. It has been conjectured that he served as
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195:
191:
416:, the stronghold of brigand Zenicetus. He then went on to capture
546:
Vatia
Isauricus was the father of the consul of 48 BC and 41 BC,
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171:
288:. Because of victories in his province, Isauricus was awarded a
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who died shortly after arriving. Octavius was succeeded by
329:. Later, in September of 82 BC, Vatia Isauricus was one of
293:
130:
485:. In 70 BC he served as one of the judges in the trial of
260:, he was among the group of young Roman nobles who killed
186:(c. 130 BC – 44 BC), was a politician and general of the
280:
governorship in 89 BC, with his province being either
240:
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Biography and Mythology
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Upon his return to Rome, in 74 BC, he was granted a
369:
Location of
Cilicia within the classical regions of
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18:Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (consul 79 BC)
731:Mithridates the Great, Rome's Indomitable Enemy
360:
206:as his consular collegae. From 78 to 74 BC, as
824:The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol II
779:Broughton, pgs. 114 & 333; Smith pg. 1233
395:with the responsibility of clearing out the
341:, in 79 BC, he appointed Vatia Isauricus as
27:Roman general and statesman, consul 79 BCE
550:. He also had a daughter named Servilia.
535:From 55 to 44 BC Vatia Isauricus was the
384:Vatia Isauricus was assigned the post of
276:in 90 BC, following which he was given a
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705:
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543:. He died in the early summer of 44 BC.
489:. In 66 BC he supported the proposal of
364:
577:
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61:January 79 BC – December 79 BC
14:
890:
742:Liv. Epit. 90, 93; Oros. v. 23 ;
251:Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
694:
572:
532:after a destructive flood in 54 BC.
241:Early career and supporter of Sulla
24:
299:In 88 BC, with the support of the
166:The 78-74 BC campaign against the
25:
934:
427:In 75 BC, he advanced across the
184:Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus
151:Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus
34:Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus
272:in 97 BC. He held the office of
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520:, preferring instead to annex
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908:1st-century BC Roman consuls
361:Campaign against the pirates
292:in 88 BC upon his return to
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762:i. 21, iii. 90, v. 26, 30,
608:Broughton, pgs. 35 & 42
599:Broughton, pgs. 26 & 35
553:
548:Publius Servilius Isauricus
262:Lucius Appuleius Saturninus
10:
939:
918:Roman governors of Cilicia
852:Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius
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619:Sulla: The Last Republican
509:in the suppression of the
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441:Lucius Licinius Lucullus
335:Second Battle of Clusium
214:, he fought against the
98:Quintus Lutatius Catulus
820:Broughton, T. Robert S.
447:at the outbreak of the
347:Appius Claudius Pulcher
327:First Battle of Clusium
204:Appius Claudius Pulcher
94:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
65:Appius Claudius Pulcher
501:, but was defeated by
377:
333:'s lieutenants at the
308:Lucius Cornelius Cinna
304:Lucius Cornelius Sulla
78:Lucius Cornelius Sulla
913:Ancient Roman censors
898:2nd-century BC births
465:for his victories in
449:Third Mithridatic War
368:
247:Gaius Servilius Vatia
226:. He was granted the
63:Serving with
868:Ap. Claudius Pulcher
766:i. 2, ii. 19 ;
190:and a member of the
172:Isaurian hill tribes
880:Q. Lutatius Catulus
876:M. Aemilius Lepidus
518:Ptolemy XII Auletes
511:Catiline conspiracy
483:College of Pontiffs
282:Corsica et Sardinia
237:for his victories.
840:Political offices
806:Broughton, pg. 333
797:Broughton, pg. 130
788:Broughton, pg. 215
617:Keaveney, Arthur,
378:
886:
885:
873:Succeeded by
833:, Vol III (1867).
729:Philip Matyszak,
720:Broughton, pg. 99
691:Broughton, pg. 90
682:Broughton, pg. 87
657:Broughton, pg. 82
648:Broughton, pg. 72
639:Broughton, pg. 51
630:Broughton, pg. 43
310:, a supporter of
198:. He was elected
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16:(Redirected from
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845:Preceded by
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499:pontifex maximus
429:Taurus Mountains
420:before subduing
270:plebeian tribune
216:Cilician Pirates
168:Cilician pirates
158:Military service
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108:Personal details
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258:traditionalist
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188:Roman Republic
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312:Gaius Marius
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153:and Servilia
89:Succeeded by
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530:Tiber River
386:proconsular
73:Preceded by
892:Categories
541:civil wars
410:Pamphylian
382:consulship
380:After his
371:Asia Minor
345:alongside
224:Asia Minor
759:In Verrem
748:Frontinus
463:Isauricus
433:Imperator
231:Isauricus
208:proconsul
116:c. 130 BC
57:In office
733:, p.103.
667:Plutarch
554:See also
493:to give
418:Phaselis
389:governor
375:Anatolia
339:Dictator
331:Metellus
316:Ariminum
220:Isaurian
192:plebeian
170:and the
163:Commands
147:Children
826:(1952).
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467:Isauria
460:agnomen
456:triumph
422:Corycus
414:Olympos
397:pirates
393:Cilicia
351:triumph
290:triumph
286:Cilicia
274:praetor
264:in the
235:triumph
228:agnomen
212:Cilicia
47:of the
865:With:
755:Cicero
744:Florus
673:, 14:4
507:Cicero
495:Pompey
479:Senate
406:Lycian
402:Isauri
355:Pompey
343:consul
301:consul
200:consul
141:Sullan
126:
45:Consul
566:Notes
524:as a
522:Egypt
408:and
294:Rome
218:and
131:Rome
121:Died
113:Born
96:and
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284:or
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