of the renewed war against the pirates. In 63 BC he was a candidate for the position of pontifex maximus, but was defeated by Julius Caesar, who had served him in his war against the pirates the decade before. Towards the end of that same year he had supported the consul Cicero in the suppression of the Catiline conspiracy, and spoke in the senate in favour of imposing the death penalty upon Catiline and his supporters. In 57 BC he joined the other members of the aristocracy to bring about Cicero's return from banishment, while in the following year (56 BC) he opposed in the senate the restoration of Ptolemy XII Auletes, preferring instead to annex Egypt as a Roman province. In 55 BC he was elected censor, a position he held until at least July 54 BC. During his time as censor, he and his colleague attempted to regulate the stream of the Tiber River after a destructive flood in 54 BC. From 55 to 44 BC Vatia Isauricus was the Princeps Senatus. Due to his being close to 80 years of age, he took no part in the civil wars. He died in the early summer of 44 BC. Vatia Isauricus was the father of the consul of 48 BC and 41 BC, Publius Servilius Isauricus. He also had a daughter named Servilia. See also Servilia gens Notes Sources Broughton, T. Robert S., The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol II (1952). Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol III (1867). 2nd-century BC births 44 BC deaths 1st-century BC Roman consuls Roman censors Roman governors of Cilicia Isauricus, Publius (consul 675 AUC) Year of birth uncertain