• Spurius Carvilius,
quaestor in 391 BC, accused
Marcus Furius Camillus of appropriating a bronze door from the spoils of Veii. Camillus was prosecuted by Lucius Apuleius, a
tribune of the plebs, and sent into exile. • Gaius Carvilius, the grandfather of Spurius Carvilius Maximus, the consul of 293 and 272 BC. •
Spurius Carvilius S. f. C. n. Maximus Ruga, consul in 234 BC, he fought against the
Corsicans, and then the
Sardinians, for which he received a triumph. He was consul for the second time in 228, with
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus as his colleague. After the
Battle of Cannae, he proposed filling the ranks of the senate with the leading men of Rome's
Latin allies, but his advice was soundly rejected. He gained a certain notoriety for divorcing his wife, on grounds of barrenness. •
Spurius Carvilius Ruga, a
freedman and schoolteacher at Rome
circa 230 BC, credited with developing the letter
G. •
Spurius Carvilius,
tribune of the plebs in 212 BC, together with his colleague, Lucius Carvilius, indicted Marcus Postumius Pyrgensis for defrauding the Roman state. Pyrgensis, a
publican, had deliberately sunk old ships with worthless cargo, in order to claim substantial losses and enriching himself. •
Lucius Carvilius, tribune of the plebs in 212 BC, joined his colleague Spurius Carvilius in indicting Marcus Postumius Pyrgensis. •
Gaius Carvilius, a native of
Spoletium, negotiated the surrender of the Roman garrison at
Uscana to Perseus in 169 BC. • Spurius Carvilius L. f., member of the Roman senate in 129 BC. ==See also==