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2 unusual facts about Spurius Carvilius Maximus


Spurius Carvilius Maximus

Born of equestrian rank, Carvilius served as curule aedile in 299 BC, and six years later entered upon his first consulship with Lucius Papirius Cursor.

, later surnamed Maximus, was the first member of the plebeian gens Carvilia to obtain the consulship, which he held in 293 BC, and again in 272 BC.


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There are remnants of cyclopean walls built by the Samnites, locally called "Civitelle." As the name implies, they were likely part of a small fortress destroyed by the Roman Army in 293 BC; the historian Livy describes the march of two Roman armies, headed by Spurius Carvilius Maximus and Lucius Papirius Cursor, which met at the Civitelle.


see also

Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga

Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga (d. 212 BC) was Roman consul in 234 and 228 BC.