Servilia

Servilia was the wife of Quintus Lutatius Catulus, the consul during 102 BC. She was of the patrician Caepione branch of the Servilia gens.

Biography Early life Servilia was most likely the daughter and oldest child of Quintus Servilius Caepio the consul of 106 BC. If so she was the sister of another Quintus Servilius Caepio and Servilia, the wife of Marcus Livius Drusus. Their mother is uncertain but was likely a Caecilia Metella. The historian Edward Courtney identified her as Cato the Younger's half-sister Servilia, but this is unlikely. Yet another theory was by Brunt who believed her to be the sister of the consul of 106, but Susan Treggiari thinks this is less probable than her being his daughter. In 105 BC her father is disgraced because of the Arausio disaster and forced into exile, Catulus divorces her and marries a woman named Claudia. It appears that Servilia lived with her son-in-law and daughter later in life. In Rome Dio informed Hortensius and Servilia of the issues with Verres. In 70 BC when Verres was on trial Hortensius served as Verres lawyer while Servilia was there to support Dio.