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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 987 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Carvilius acquired great popularity by distributing a large part of the booty among the soldiers, which his colleague had not done ; but even after this distribution he paid into the treasury 380,000 pounds of Jbronze, and applied the remainder to the erection of a temple of Fors For-tuna.
		Carvilius that Velleius Paterculus (iii 128) relates, that, though born of equestrian rank, he arrived at the highest honours of the state, and not of the consul of b.
		Carvilius is related to have been the first person who divorced his wife, which he is said to have done on the ground of barrenness, but his conduct
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2095.html (865 words)

	Encyclopedia: Spurius Carvilius Ruga
		Spurius Carvilius Ruga (possibly 600 BCE or 230 BCE) was a semi-legendary freedman living in Rome who invented the letter G.
		His invention would have been quickly adapted in the Roman republic because the letter C was, at the time, confusingly used both for the /k/ and /g/ sounds.
		Spurius Carvilius, a man of distinction, was the first to divorce his wife...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Spurius-Carvilius-Ruga (466 words)

	Wikipedia: G
		The letter G was created by the Romans because they felt that C was not an adequate letter to represent both /k/ AND /g/.
		Fascinatingly, the alleged inventor is a known historical figure, Spurius Carvilius Ruga (who flourished around 230 BC).
		G, which at this time took the place of the letter Z, came to represent the sound /g/.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/g/gg/g.html (261 words)

	ita_060201 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Carvilius Gemellus, mummia di età imperiale, ricoperto da un sudario e da ghirlande, e la madre Aebutia Quarta, giacevano all'interno di una monumentale tomba a camera quadrata di marmo peperino, alla quale si accede con una ripida scala, intervallata da un pianerottolo.
		Il coperchio del sarcofago femminile, a doppio spiovente con corona a vittae (bende) sui timpani, è decorato a larghe foglie, mentre il coperchio dell’altro è piano e decorato a piccole foglie sulle quali poggia un elemento vegetale identificato in quercia e ghiande.
		Il corpo di Carvilius Gemellus giaceva nel sarcofago completamente ricoperto da un sudario in perfetto stato di conservazione adornato di ghirlande vegetali; per evitare danni, non è stato rimosso e l'intero sarcofago è stato portato al Laboratorio di antropologia della Sovrintendenza archeologica.
	www.laportadeltempo.com /Italia/ita_060201.htm (351 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 617 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		By this act of treachery towards her own countrymen, she won the favour of the Romans, and increased her power.
		When the senate ordered the ambassadors to quit Italy within eleven days, Carvilius was appointed to keep watch over them, till they embarked on board their ships.
		carvilius of Spoletium, negotiated on behalf of the Roman garrison the surrender of Uscana, a town of the Penestae, to Perseus in b.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0626.html (797 words)

	Appius Claudius Caecus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		But C also had the sound of g and, since gamma already represented k, a new letter was added to distinguish between these two values.
		Plutarch (Quaestiones Romanae, 54, 59) attributes its introduction (in the third century BC) to Spurius Carvilius Ruga, a freedman whose grammar school was the first to charge a fee (he also was the first Roman to divorce his wife).
		The letter continued to represent the sound of k but, by adding a stroke to C, Carvilius created the letter G to denote that sound.
	itsa.ucsf.edu /~snlrc/encyclopaedia_romana/miscellanea/zed.html (1287 words)

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		Five hundred and nineteen years after the founding or Rome, Spurius Carvilius Ruga, at the advice of his friends, was the first Roman to divorce his wife, on the ground that she was barren and that he had taken oath before the censors that he married for the purpose of having children[12].
		Carvilius was the first to divorce his wife, for the cause of barrenness[15].
		In analyzing the divergent accounts of various ancient authors on early Roman divorce, we will present two areas that are deserving of further study, one involving the similarities of the account, the other involving their differences.
	aoal.org /cg/Classics/RomanDivorce.htm (3482 words)

	G - LoveToKnow Article on G (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Throughout the whole of Roman history C remained as the symbol for G in the abbreviations C and Cn.
		According to Plutarch (Roman Questions, 54, 59) the symbol for G was invented by Spurius Carvilius Ruga about 293 B.c.
		This probably means that he was the first person to spell his cognomen RVGA instead of RVCA.
	100.1911encyclopedia.org /G/G/G.htm (1234 words)

	272 B.C. - events and references
		The final subjugation of the Samnites by Carvilius.
		Galatian mercenaries hired by Mithridates and Ariobarzanes defeat an Egyptian force, after which they found the city of Ancyra.
		Carvilius and Papirius both celebrate triumphs, over the ?
	www.attalus.org /bc3/year272.html (345 words)

	293 B.C. - events and references
		Papirius informs Carvilius of his intention to fight at Aquilonia.
		Papirius defeats the Samnites at Aquilonia, while Carvilius captures Cominium.
		Carvilius defeats the Etruscans, and forces the Faliscans to sue for peace.
	www.attalus.org /bc3/year293.html (201 words)

	Reminiscing
		Their wealth came mostly from the silver mines and oil trade and many families had received full Roman citizenship, after proving their unconditional loyalty to the Emperor, and contributing to the development of the city with the construction of temples dedicated to Roman gods, a theater, a circus, a bath house.
		Among these families was that of Carvilius Aureus, latinized name of a descendent of native Celtiberians and Phoenicians.
		Agrippa was in Carthago Nova; Aulus Flavius was his right-hand man. Carvilius needed Flavius to get closer to his objective, and everyone knew that no money could buy Flavius or Agrippa's favors.
	www.ancientworlds.net /128453 (1161 words)

	Roman Chronology: 343-265 B.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Captures Troilus & compels Falerii to sue for peace, triumphs (Samnites & Etruscans).
		Carvilius erects statue of Jove on Capitol from captured armor.
		Carvilius Maximus & Q. Fabius Maximus Gurges (?).
	www.gmu.edu /departments/fld/CLASSICS/chron.html (1579 words)

	CANTIACI
		Notes: Caesar thought them the most civilized tribe in Britain, and recorded four kings each ruling a minor kingdom; Cingetorix, Carvilius, Taximagulus and Segovax.
		Cassivellaunus¹ sent messages to Cantium, a country by the sea, as above set forth, over whose four districts Cingetorix, Carvilius, Taximagulus, and Segovax ruled as kings, and commanded them to collect all their forces for a sudden attempt and assault upon the naval camp².
		Commander of the combined British force opposed against Caesar during his second British expedition of 54BC.
	www.roman-britain.org /tribes/cantiaci.htm (1084 words)

	Full marks
		In fact, it is Aulus Gellius (IV.3) who provides the answer.
		"In his book On Dowries, Servius Sulpicius Rufus [jurist, orator, and friend of Cicero] wrote that written agreements concerning a wife's property first appeared to be necessary when the nobleman Spurius Carvilius Ruga divorced his wife because she could not produce children as the result of a physical handicap.
		In swearing that he took a wife for the purpose of bearing lawful children, Carvilius was obliged to divorce the women when he discovered that she was barren.
	www.ancientworlds.net /150456 (175 words)

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		known historical figure, Spurius Carvilius Ruga (who flourished around 230 BC).
		There was no statute passed to enact that "change".
	hgh.hostrim.com /hgh/releaser.html (780 words)

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