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2nd century Roman senator and uncle of Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Annius Libo was a Roman Senator active in the early second century AD.
Life
Libo came from the upper ranks of the Roman aristocracy. He was the son of
Marcus Annius Verus, the father of Marcus Aurelius.
[3]
He was
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Beyond his consulship, almost nothing is known of his senatorial career. During the reign of his brother-in-law, Antoninus Pius , he was one of seven witnesses to a Senatus consultum issued to the city of Cyzicus in 138, which sought approval for establishing a corpus juvenum for the education of young men.[5]
Family
Libo married a noblewoman whose name has been surmised as Fundania, daughter of Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus , consul in 116, and wife Rupilia Annia.[6] They are known to have together two children:
Nerva–Antonine family tree
Nerva–Antonine family tree
(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:
Sources
^ Rupilius . Strachan stemma.
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^ Based on the stemma provided by Anthony Birley , Marcus Aurelius: A Biography , revised edition (London: Routledge, 1993), p. 236
^ Alison E. Cooley, The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy (Cambridge: University Press, 2012), p. 470
^ Birley, Marcus Aurelius , p. 54
^ Birley, Marcus Aurelius , p. 236
Political offices
Preceded byas suffect consuls
Succeeded byQuintus Pomponius Maternus
as suffect consuls