Libo Rupilius Frugi

Libo Rupilius Frugi (died 101) was a Roman senator and an ancestor of the emperor Marcus Aurelius. He served as suffect consul in 88.

Life

His full name may have been Lucius Scribonius Libo Rupilius Frugi.

Scribonia. His brother Gaius Calpurnius Piso Crassus Frugi Licinianus^[2] had been a consul in 87.^[2]^[3] The father of Frugi was executed by the emperor Nero between 66 and 68, because of information brought against him by Marcus Aquilius Regulus.^[4] After the death of his father, his mother took him with his siblings, to a Senate meeting in 70 early in the reign of Vespasian, seeking vengeance for his father's death.^[4] Regulus and his associates were prosecuted by the Senate.^[5]

The

Augustan History states that Frugi was of consular rank and refers to him as a former consul.^[6] Frugi served as a suffect consul in 88.^[3] He has been identified with the ex-consul "Libo Frugi" whom Pliny the Younger reports as speaking aggressively in the Senate concerning the case of Norbanus Licinianus.^[7]

Family

Frugi was father of Rupilia Faustina, the paternal grandmother of Marcus Aurelius.^[6] Frugi was married to Salonia Matidia, the niece of the emperor Trajan, but that marriage is too late for Salonia to be Faustina's mother.^[8] Historians Christian Settipani and Strachan have proposed that Faustina's mother was instead Vitellia Galeria Fundania, daughter of emperor Vitellius.^[9]^[10]

Nerva–Antonine family tree

Q. Marcius Barea Soranus

Q. Marcius Barea Sura

Antonia Furnilla

M. Cocceius Nerva

Sergia Plautilla

P. Aelius Hadrianus

Titus
(r. 79–81)

Marcia Furnilla

Marcia

Trajanus Pater

Nerva
(r. 96–98)

Ulpia^[i]

Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus

Flavia^[ii]

Marciana^[iii]

C. Salonius Matidius^[iv]

Trajan
(r. 98–117)

Plotina

P. Acilius Attianus

P. Aelius Afer^[v]

Paulina Major^[vi]

Lucius Mindius (2)

Libo Rupilius Frugi (3)

Salonia Matidia^[vii]

L. Vibius Sabinus (1)^[viii]

Paulina Minor^[vi]

L. Julius Ursus Servianus^[ix]

Matidia Minor^[vii]

Sabina^[iii]

Hadrian^[v]^[x]^[vi] (r. 117–138)

Antinous^[xi]

C. Fuscus Salinator I

Julia Serviana Paulina

M. Annius Verus^[xii]

Rupilia Faustina^[xiii]^[xiv]

Boionia Procilla

Cn. Arrius Antoninus

L. Ceionius Commodus

Appia Severa

C. Fuscus Salinator II

L. Caesennius Paetus

Arria Antonina

Arria Fadilla^[xv]

T. Aurelius Fulvus

L. Caesennius Antoninus

L. Commodus

Plautia

unknown^[xvi]

C. Avidius Nigrinus

M. Annius Verus^[xiii]

Calvisia Domitia Lucilla^[xvii]

Fundania^[xviii]

M. Annius Libo^[xiii]

Faustina^[xv]

Antoninus Pius
(r. 138–161)^[xv]

L. Aelius Caesar^[xvi]

Avidia^[xvi]

Cornificia^[xiii]

Marcus Aurelius
(r. 161–180)^[xix]

Faustina Minor^[xix]

C. Avidius Cassius^[xx]

Aurelia Fadilla^[xv]

Lucius Verus
(r. 161–169)^[xvi] (1)

Ceionia Fabia^[xvi]

Plautius Quintillus^[xxi]

Q. Servilius Pudens

Ceionia Plautia^[xvi]

Cornificia Minor^[xxii]

M. Petronius Sura

Commodus
(r. 177–192)^[xix]

Fadilla^[xxii]

M. Annius Verus Caesar^[xix]

Ti. Claudius Pompeianus (2)

Lucilla^[xix]

M. Plautius Quintillus^[xvi]

Junius Licinius Balbus

Servilia Ceionia

Petronius Antoninus

L. Aurelius Agaclytus (2)

Junius Licinius Balbus

?

Furia Sabina Tranquillina

Gordian III
(r. 238–244)

(1) = 1st spouse
(2) = 2nd spouse
(3) = 3rd spouse
  Reddish-purple indicates emperor of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty
  lighter purple indicates designated imperial heir of said dynasty who never reigned
  grey indicates unsuccessful imperial aspirants
  bluish-purple indicates emperors of other dynasties
dashed lines indicate adoption; dotted lines indicate love affairs/unmarried relationships
Small Caps = posthumously deified (Augustae
, or other)

Notes:

Except where otherwise noted, the notes below indicate that an individual's parentage is as shown in the above family tree.

^ Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p. 7.
^ Giacosa (1977), p. 8.
^ ^a ^b Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ ^a ^b Giacosa (1977), p. 7.
^ ^a ^b ^c DIR contributor (Herbert W. Benario, 2000), "Hadrian".
^ ^a ^b Giacosa (1977), p. 9.
^ Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ Smith (1870), "Julius Servianus".
^ Smith (1870), "Hadrian", pp. 319–322.
^ Lover of Hadrian: Lambert (1984), p. 99 and passim; deification: Lamber (1984), pp. 2–5, etc.
^ Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ It is uncertain whether Rupilia Faustina was Frugi's daughter by Salonia Matidia or another woman.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Levick (2014), p. 162.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Levick (2014), p. 164.
^ Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10.
^ Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Giacosa (1977), p. 10.
^ The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.
^ Husband of Ceionia Fabia: Levick (2014), p. 164.
^ ^a ^b ^c Levick (2014), p. 117.

References:

DIR contributors (2000). "De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families". Retrieved 2015-04-14.
Giacosa, Giorgio (1977). Women of the Caesars: Their Lives and Portraits on Coins. Translated by R. Ross Holloway. Milan: Edizioni Arte e Moneta.
ISBN 0-8390-0193-2
.

Lambert, Royston (1984). Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous. New York: Viking.
ISBN 0-670-15708-2
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ISBN 978-0-19-537941-9
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Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

References

^ Syme, Roman Papers 4, pp. 153–154
^ ^a ^b ^c Vasily Rudich, Political Dissidence Under Nero: The Price of Dissimulation, Routledge
^ ^a ^b Brian W. Jones, The Emperor Domitian, pp. 165-6. Routledge
^ ^a ^b J. Shelton, The Women of Pliny's Letters, p. 153. Routledge, 2013
^ S.H. Rutledge, Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian (Google eBook), p. 119. Routledge, 2002
^ ^a ^b Augustan History, Marcus Aurelius, 1.4, where Rupili Boni is emended to Rupili Libonis
^ Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 3.9.33
^ "Libo Frugi's wife is unknown, but J. Carcopino, REA 51 (1949) 262 ff. argued that she was Matidia. This was supported by H.-G. Pflaum, HAC 1963 (1964) 106 f. However, Schumacher, Priesterkollegien 195 points out that Libo Frugi's daughter Rupilia Faustina can hardly have been old enough, in that case, to be the mother of Marcus' father. The only way out would be to suppose that Matidia married Libo before her other two husbands; and was divorced from him (as he was still alive in 101). The theory becomes increasingly implausible." Anthony Richard Birley, Marcus Aurelius, p. 244
^ Rupilius. Strachan stemma.
ISBN 9781900934022
.

Political offices

Preceded by
Decimus Plotius Grypus
Lucius Minicius Rufus
as suffect consuls
Roman consul
88 (suffect)
with Quintus Ninnius Hasta
Succeeded by
Marcus Otacilius Catulus
Sextus Julius Sparsus
as suffect consuls

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[11] Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p. 7.

[giac8-12] Giacosa (1977), p. 8.

[lev161-13] Levick (2014), p. 161.

[14] Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161.

[giac7-15] Giacosa (1977), p. 7.

[DIR_hadrian-16] DIR contributor (Herbert W. Benario, 2000), "Hadrian".

[giac9-17] Giacosa (1977), p. 9.

[18] Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161.

[Smith_Servianus-19] Smith (1870), "Julius Servianus".

[Smith_1870a_p._319-20] Smith (1870), "Hadrian", pp. 319–322.

[21] Lover of Hadrian: Lambert (1984), p. 99 and passim; deification: Lamber (1984), pp. 2–5, etc.

[22] Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163.

[lev163-23] Levick (2014), p. 163.

[24] It is uncertain whether Rupilia Faustina was Frugi's daughter by Salonia Matidia or another woman.

[lev162-25] Levick (2014), p. 162.

[lev164-26] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Levick (2014), p. 164.

[27] Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10.

[28] Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163.

[giac10-29] Giacosa (1977), p. 10.

[30] The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.

[31] Husband of Ceionia Fabia: Levick (2014), p. 164.

[lev117-32] Levick (2014), p. 117.

[1] Syme, Roman Papers 4, pp. 153–154

[Rudich-2] Vasily Rudich, Political Dissidence Under Nero: The Price of Dissimulation, Routledge

[jones-3] Brian W. Jones, The Emperor Domitian, pp. 165-6. Routledge

[shelton-4] J. Shelton, The Women of Pliny's Letters, p. 153. Routledge, 2013

[rutledge-5] S.H. Rutledge, Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian (Google eBook), p. 119. Routledge, 2002

[ha-6] Augustan History, Marcus Aurelius, 1.4, where Rupili Boni is emended to Rupili Libonis

[7] Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 3.9.33

[8] "Libo Frugi's wife is unknown, but J. Carcopino, REA 51 (1949) 262 ff. argued that she was Matidia. This was supported by H.-G. Pflaum, HAC 1963 (1964) 106 f. However, Schumacher, Priesterkollegien 195 points out that Libo Frugi's daughter Rupilia Faustina can hardly have been old enough, in that case, to be the mother of Marcus' father. The only way out would be to suppose that Matidia married Libo before her other two husbands; and was divorced from him (as he was still alive in 101). The theory becomes increasingly implausible." Anthony Richard Birley, Marcus Aurelius, p. 244

[9] Rupilius. Strachan stemma.

[10] ISBN 9781900934022
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