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Gaius Servilius Glaucia

143 BCE–101 BCE

Gaius Servilius Glaucia was a Roman politician of the late Republic and ally of Lucius Appuleius Saturninus. Gaius Servilius Glaucia served as praetor. Gaius Servilius Glaucia is generally dated to 143 BCE–101 BCE.

His career belongs to the violent factional politics of the late second century BC, when popular legislation and elite rivalry increasingly turned deadly. Gaius Servilius Glaucia was born in Ancient Rome and died in Rome.

In Vincent B. Davis II’s Bodies in the Tiber, The external danger has receded, but the city is unstable: Marius is at the height of his prestige, Saturninus and Glaucia are using popular politics aggressively, and senatorial opposition is ready to answer street pressure with force.

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The Sertorius Scrolls in Order

by Vincent B. Davis II 7 books 4.4(19,019)

The Sertorius Scrolls follow Quintus Sertorius through the late Roman Republic, beginning with his youth and military service before moving into the crises of Marius, Sulla, the Social War and civil conflict. The series is strongest for readers interested in the generation before Caesar, when Roman politics was…

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