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Group: FRELIMO (Liberation Front of Mozambique)
People: Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus
Topic: Sub-Saharan Africa, Late Antiquity
Location: Nördlingen Bayern Germany

Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus

politician and general of the Roman Republic
Years: 130BCE - 44BCE

Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (c. 130 BC – 44 BC), was a politician and general of the Roman Republic and a member of the plebeian branch of the gens Servilii. He was elected consul for 79 BC with Appius Claudius Pulcher as his consular collegae. From 78 to 74 BC, as proconsul of Cilicia, he fought against the Cilician Pirates and Isaurian hill tribes in Asia Minor. He was granted the agnomen Isauricus for his victories over the Isaurians. Upon returning to Rome he celebrated a triumph for his victories.