He was the ancestor of gens Sergia, a famous Patrician family of which Catilina was a member.
In Virgil's Aeneid, after the boat race during Anchises' Funeral games Aeneas gives to Sergestus a Cretan slave girl named Pholoe in gratitude for saving both ship and crew, after he ran aground.
[1] This is one of the examples of Aeneas showing his fair and compassionate nature, as despite the fact Sergestus comes last in the boat race he still receives a prize.
And Sergestus, from the house of the name SergiaSergestus also appears as a minor character in Christopher Marlowe's play Dido, Queen of Carthage.
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