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b'28 PRiSCUS. PRISCUS.
Seneca. He was accompanied in his exile by his 5. P. SERVILIUS SP. F. P. N. PRISCUS STRUCwife Artoria Flacilla. (Tac. Aann. xv. 71.) We TUS, son of No. 3, was consul B. C. 463, with L.
learn firom the Fasti that D. Novius Priscus was Aebutius Elva, and was carried off in his consulconsul A. D. 78, in the reign of Vespasian. Ile ship by the great plague which raged at Rome in
was probably the same person as the one banished this year. (Liv. iii. 6, 7; Dionys. ix. 67, 68;
by Nero. Oros. ii. 12.)
PRISCUS, T. NUMI'CIUS, consul B. C. 469 6. Q.* SaRVILIUS P. F. SP. N. PRISCUS STRUCwith A. Virginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus, fought TUS F1DENAS, son of No. 5, was appointed dictator
against the Volscians with success, and took Cenlo, B. C. 435, in consequence of the alarm excited by
one of their towns. (Liv. ii. 63; Dionys. ix. the invasion of the Veielltes and Fidenates, who
56.) had taken ad vantage of the plague, which was then
PRISCUS PANITES. [See above, PRIscus, raging at Rome, to ravage the Roman territory,
the Byzantine writer.] and had advanced ahlost up to the Colline Gate.
PRISCUS, PETRO'NIUS, banished by Nero, Servilius defeated the enemy without difficulty,
A. D. 66. (Tac. A nn. xv. 71.) and pursued the Fidenates to their town, to which
PRISCUS, SERVI'LIUS. The Prisci were he proceeded to lay siege, and which he took by
an ancient family of the Servilia gens, and filled means of a mine. From the conquest of this town
the highest offices of the state during the early he received the surname of Fideas, which was
years of the republic. They also bore the agno- afterwards adopted by his children in the place of
mien of Structus, which is always appended to Structus. Servilius is mentioned again in B. C.
their name in the Fasti, till it was supplanted by 431, when he called upon the tribunes of the plebs
that of Fidenas, which was first obtained by Q. to compel the consuls to elect a dictator, in order
Servilius Priscus StrUctus, who took Fidenae in to carry on the war against the Volsci and Aequi.
his dictatorship, B. C. 435 [see below, No. 6], In B. C. 418 the Roman army was defeated by the
and which was also borne by his descendants Aequi and the Lavicani, in consequence of the
LNos. 7 and 8]. dissensions and inicompetency of the consular tri1. P. SERVILIUS PRISCUS STRUCTUS, consul bunes of that year. Servilius was therefore apB. C. 495 with Ap. Claudius Sabinus Rlegillensis. pointed dictator a second time; he carried on the
This year was memorable in the annals by the war with success, defeated the Aequi, and took
death of king Tarquin. The temple of Mercury the point of Latici, where the senate forthwith
was also dedicated in this year, and additional established a Roman colony. (Liv. iv. 21, 22, 26
colonists were led to the colony of Signia, which 45-47.)
had been founded by Tarqnin. The consuls car- 7. Q. SERVILIUS Q. F. P. a'. (PRIscus) FIDEried on war against the Volscians with success, NAS, the son of No. 6, was consular tribune six
and took the town of Suessa Pometia; and times, namely in B. C. 402, 398, 395, 390, 388,
Priscus subsequently defeated both the Sabines 386. (Liv. v. 8, 14, 24, 36, vi. 4, 6.) IIe was
and Aurunci. In the struggles between the patri- also interrex in B. C. 397. (Liv. v. 17.) There can
cians and plebeians respecting the law of debt, be no doubt that this Servilius was the son of
Priscus was inclined to espouse the side of the No. 6, both from his praenomen Quintus, and his
latter, and published a proclamation favourable to surname Fidenas, as well as from the circumstances
the plebeians; but as he was unable to assist them that he is designated in the Capitoline Fasti, Q. F.
in opposition to his colleague and the whole body P. N. A difficulty, however, arises from the stateof the patricians, he incurred the enmity of both ment of Livy, that the C. Servilius, who was consular
parties. (Liv. ii. 21-27; Dionys. vi. 23-32; tribune in B. c. 418, was the son of the conqueror of
Val. Max. ix. 3. ~ 6; Plin. rI. N. xxxv. 3.) Fidenae (Liv. iv. 45, 46); but this is probably a
2. Q. SERVILIUS PRISCUS STRUCTUS, a brother mistake, since the consular tribune of B. c. 418 is
of No. 1, was magister equitum, in B. C. 494, to called, in the Capitoline Fasti, C. SERVILIUS Q. F.
the dictator, M'. Valerius Maximus. (Dionys. vi. C. N. AXILLA. Besides which, if hie were the son
40.) of the conqueror of Fidenae, he must have been a
3. SP. SERVILIUS PRISCUS STRUCTUS, Consul younger soln, as his praenomen shows; and in that
B. C. 476, with A. Virginius Tricostus Rutilus. In case the younger son would have obtained one of
consequence of the destruction of the Fabii at the the highest dignities in the state sixteen years
Cremera in the preceding year, the Etruscans had before his elder brother.
advanced up to the very walls of Rome, and taken 8. Q. SERVILIUS Q. F. Q. N. (PRIscUS) FIDEpossession of the hill Janiculus. In an attempt NAS, the son of No. 7, was consular tribune three
which Priscus made tq take this hill by assault, times, namely, in B. c. 382, 378, 369. (Liv. vi.
lie was repulsed with great loss, and would have 22, 31, 36.)
sustained a total defeat, had not his colleague 9. SP. SERVILIUS PRISCUS, censor B. C. 378,
Virginius come to his assistance. In consequence with Q. Cloelius Siculus (Liv. vi. 31). As this
of his rashness on this occasion, he was brought Servilius does not bear the surname of Fidenas, he
to trial by the tribunes, as soon as his year of probably was not a descendant of the conqueror of
office had expired, but was acquitted. (Liv. ii. 51, Fidenae.
52; Dionys. ix. 25, &c.)
4. Q. SERVILIJS PRISCUS STRUCTUS, probably Livy (iv. 21) calls him A. Servilius, in
son of No. 2, was consul B. C. 468, with T. Quin- speaking of his dictatorship of B. c. 435, but
tius Capitolinus Barbatus, and again B. C. 466, Q. Servilins when he mentions his dictatorship of
with Sp. Postumius Albus Regillensis. In each B. C. 418 (iv. 46), as well as when he speaks of
year Priscus commanded the Roman armies in the him elsewhere (e. g. iv. 26). There can, therewars with the neighbouring nations, but did not fore, be no doubt that the name of Quintus is to be
perform anything worth recording. (Liv. ii. 64, preferred, which we find also ill the Capitoline
iii. 2; Dionys. ix. 57, 60.) Fasti.