Glaucia

Save for his reputation as a lawyer, Glaucia was about on a par with another Gaius Servilius who had made money and scrambled into the Senate on the edge of his patron Ahenobarbus’s toga; this other plebeian Servilius, however, had not yet acquired a cognomen, where "Glaucia" was quite a respectable one, for it referred to the family’s beautiful grey-green eyes.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

Glaucia, so glad it worked well for you, thanks for letting me know.

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Marius, therefore, endeavored to banish him from the city, and for this purpose he contracted a close alliance with Glaucia and Saturninus, a couple of daring fellows, who had the great mass of the indigent and seditious multitude at their control; and by their assistance he enacted various laws, and bringing the soldiers, also, to attend the assembly, he was enabled to overpower Metellus.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

More or less recovered from his stroke, Marius called a meeting of the Senate for the first day of December of 100 B.C. to see what could be done to stop Saturninus, who now planned to run for a third term as a tribune of the plebs, while his friend Glaucia ran for consul.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Saturninus and Glaucia had thought that the lowest classes, threatened with starvation, would rise up in revolt.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Matters came to a head during the consular elections when Glaucia murdered another candidate.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Marius's adherent Saturninus had managed (with the aid of his confederate Glaucia and the murder of a tribune of the plebs) to be elected a tribune of the plebs for the second time, and through this office (famous for its radicals and demagogues) sought to secure land grants for Marius's veteran soldiers of the Head Count.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Glaucia committed suicide, but Saturninus and the rest of his close friends were imprisoned in the Senate House until they could be tried for treason-a trial everybody in the Senate knew would fracture Rome's already tottering constitutional framework.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

People talked, but talk was cheap, as Glaucia said with a sneer.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

"Edepol!" said Glaucia, getting to his feet after verifying that Quintus Nonius was indeed dead.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990