Carvilia (gens)

Carvilius is the name of since the beginning of the 3rd century BC detectable plebeian noble family of the Roman Republic.

Significant representatives:

• Gaius Carvilius served, 169 BC in the Roman forces in the war against Macedon king Perseus
• Lucius Carvilius, was tribune in 212 BC
• Spurius Carvilius ( freedman ), initiated in the mid-3rd century BC a reading school in Rome
• Spurius Carvilius ( tribune ), was 212 BC tribune
• Spurius Carvilius ( Messenger ), traveled 171 BC, from Greece to Rome to report to the Senate about the situation
• Spurius Carvilius Maximus ( Adil ), supposedly 299 BC kurulischer aedile
• Spurius Carvilius Maximus, Consul 293 and 272 BC, censor v. perhaps in 289 BC
• Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga († 211 BC ), consul 234 and 228 BC
• Carvilius Pollio, Roman knight, introduced the use of various luxury furniture in Rome

According to the report of Gaius Julius Caesar, a King of Kent was named Carvilius, see Carvilius ( Britain)