Servilia of the Junii

Servilia of the Junii
Rome character
Duncan as Servilia (2005)
First appearance	"The Stolen Eagle"
Last appearance	"Death Mask"
Portrayed by	Lindsay Duncan
Information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Socialite
Title	Patrician
Family	Cato the Younger (half-brother) Cassius (son-in-law)
Significant other(s)	Julius Caesar Octavia of the Julii
Children	Marcus Brutus (son)

Servilia of the Junii is a character from the HBO/BBC/RAI original television series, Rome, played by Lindsay Duncan from 2005 to 2007. The mother of Marcus Junius Brutus, lover of the married Julius Caesar and enemy of Atia of the Julii, Servilia is depicted as a sophisticated and regal Roman matron who follows her heart to her detriment. Betrayed by love, and hungering for revenge, she slowly becomes as cruel as those she would destroy. Servilia is loosely based on the historical personage of Servilia, mother of Marcus Junius Brutus, and lover of Julius Caesar.

The HBO website provides the following character description:

The mother of Brutus, and the erstwhile lover of Caesar. Servilia of the Junii is a staunchly Republican aristocrat. Sophisticated, elegant, and subtle, she considers herself several rungs above Atia in the social hierarchy, a fact that chafes Atia.

An elegant, refined and proper patrician lady, Servilia initially follows her heart and her love for Caesar, rather than the political ideals held by her son Brutus. It is a choice that costs her dearly when Caesar – for political reasons set in motion by social rival Atia – rejects her.

Servilia's anger, pain and desire for vengeance unleash a dark side which proves her to be as cunning and malevolent a manipulator as Atia herself. Blindly loyal to the Roman Republic and now relieved of all sentiment for Caesar, Servilia doesn't hesitate in offering up her son to be used as a political tool against those who would threaten the Republic. She soon becomes the driving force behind the plot (with Cassius and Brutus) to assassinate the dictator Caesar.