Servilia and Her FamilyServilia is often cited as one of the most influential women of the late Roman Republic. Though she was a high born patrician, her grandfather died disgraced and her controversial father was killed before he could stand for the consulship; she herself married twice, but both husbands were mediocre. Nevertheless, her position in the ruling class still afforded her significant social and political power, and it is likely that she masterminded the