Carvilius. The name of a Roman gens. Sp. Carvilius Maximus, consul B. C. 293 and 272, Liv. 10, 9, 12, and 39, 1 sq. al.

— Sp. Carvilius Ruga, consul B. C. 234, the first person at Rome who divorced his wife, Cic. Sen. 4, 11; Liv. 23, 22, 4; Val. Max. 2, 1, 4; Gell. 4, 3, 2.

—Hence, Carviliānus, a, um, adj., of Carvilius: divortium, Gell. 4, 3 in lemm.

— Carvilius Pollis, Plin. 9, 11, 13, § 39; 33, 11, 51, § 144.

— One of the four kings in Cantium (Kent), in the time of Julius Caesar, Caes. B. G. 5, 22.