Carvilius
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Carvilio Proper-name adjective: neuter dative singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine ablative singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine dative singular, Proper-name adjective: neuter ablative singular of Carvilius
- The name of a Roman gens.
- 1 Sp. Carvilius Maximus, consul B. C. 293 and 272, Liv. 10, 9, 12, and 39, 1 sq. al. —
- 2 Sp. Carvilius Ruga, consul B. C. 234, the first person at Rome who divorced his wife, Cic. Sen. 4, 11; Liv. 23, 22, 4; Val. Max. 2, 1, 4; Gell. 4, 3, 2.
- —Hence, Carvilĭānus, a, um, adj., of Carvilius: divortium, Gell. 4, 3 in lemm.—
- 3 Carvilius Pollis, Plin. 9, 11, 13, § 39; 33, 11, 51, § 144.—
- II One of the four kings in Cantium (Kent), in the time of Julius Caesar, Caes. B. G. 5, 22.
1. and 2. L. Carvilius and Sp. Carvilius, tribunes of the plebs B. C. 212, accused M. Postumius. [Postumius.] (Liv. 25.3.)
3. Sp. Carvilius, was sent by Cn. Sicinius to Rome in B. C. 171, when Perseus despatched an embassy to the senate. When the senate ordered the ambassadors to quit Italy within eleven days, Carvilius was appointed to keep watch over them, till they embarked on board their ships. (Liv. 42.36.)
4. C. Carvilius of Spoletium, negotiated on behalf of the Roman garrison the surrender of Uscana, a town of the Penestae, to Perseus in B. C. 169. (Liv. 43.18, 19.)