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Carvilius was one of the four
kings of Kent
during Caesar's
second expedition to
Britain in 54 BC,
alongside Cingetorix,
Segovax and Taximagulus. The...
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great success against the Samnites, with
Carvilius taking Amiternum, Cominium, Palumbinum, and Herculaneum.
Carvilius was then sent into Etruria,
where the...
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Lucius Carvilius was
tribune of the
people at Rome in 212 BC.
Together with
Spurius Carvilius,
perhaps his brother, he
proposed that a fine of 200,000...
- duplicity, ****us was able to use
Carvilius in
subsequent negotiations for the
surrender of
other towns,
where Carvilius admitted that
neither he nor his...
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Spurius Carvilius was
tribune of the
people at Rome in 212 BC.
Together with
Lucius Carvilius (perhaps his brother), he
proposed that a fine of 200,000...
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Spurius Carvilius Ruga (fl. 230 BC) was the
freedman of
Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga. He is
often credited with
inventing the
Latin letter G. His invention...
- rose to
prominence due to the
military exploits of
Spurius Carvilius Maximus. The
nomen Carvilius belongs to a
large class of
gentilicia ending in -ilus or...
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prosecution after he is
appointed legate to
consul Spurius Carvilius Maximus. The
consul Carvilius captures the city of Amiternum, and
consul Lucius Papirius...
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unvoiced velar only". The
recorded originator of 'G' is
freedman Spurius Carvilius Ruga, who
added letter G to the
teaching of the
Roman alphabet during...
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Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga (died 212 BC) was
Roman consul in 234 and 228 BC.
Spurius Carvilius Ruga, the schoolteacher, was his freedman. The son of...
