Marcus Livius Drusus Libo
Marcus Livius Drusus Libo | |
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| Children | Livia Scriboniana Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus (possibly adopted) |
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| Relatives | Livia Drusilla (adoptive sister) |
Marcus Livius Drusus Libo was an ancient Roman consul of the early Roman Empire. He was the son of
Scribonia, the second wife of Augustus, as a consequence of which he was a maternal first cousin of Julia the Elder
.
Biography
He is believed to have been adopted by Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus,[2][3] the father of Livia Drusilla, who was the third wife of Augustus.
However, as a result of his 'L.f.' filiation attested in Book 54 of the Roman History of Cassius Dio,[4] it is believed that his adoption was only testamentary[5] (whereby the adoptee is permitted to use, and therefore carry on, the name of the adoptor).[6]
The career of Marcus Livius Drusus Libo is largely unknown, except that he was ordinary consul in 15 BC with
Lucius Calpurnius Piso. Livius Drusus served as an aedile in 28 BC, shortly before the Pantheon in Rome was completed. Historian Pliny the Elder[7] mentions him among those in Rome who hosted the Secular Games during Augustus' reign. There is also a possibility that he was a member of the Arval Brethren.[8]
Marriage and family
No wife is attested for Marcus Livius Drusus Libo, but there has been speculation that he was married to a Pompeia.
Footnotes
- ^ Syme, R. Augustan Aristocracy (1989), pp. 257–258
- ^ Syme, R., Augustan Aristocracy (1989), p. 257
- ^ Weinrib, E.J., 'The Family Connections of M. Livius Drusus Libo'
- ^ Cassius Dio, Roman History 54
- ^ Syme, R., Augustan Aristocracy (1989), pp. 257/8
- ^ Gardner, J.F., Family and familia in Roman law and life (1998), p. 129
- ^ Natural History xxxvi. 15. s. 24
- ^ Syme, R., Augustan Aristocracy (1989), p. 46
- ^ Smith, William (1876). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustr. by numerous engravings on wood. In 3 vols. Vol. 1. Walton, Murray. p. 1076.
- ^ Settipani, Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale, pp. 297
- ^ Suetonius, "The Life of Claudius", 26.1.
- ^ Syme, R., Augustan Aristocracy (1989), p. 259
- ^ Weinrib, E.J., 'The Family Connections of M. Livius Drusus Libo'
- ^ Arctos: acta philologica Fennica. Nova series. Vol. 20–21. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Kirjapaino Oy [etc.] 1986. p. 66.
- ISBN 9780199601745.
- ISBN 9780199601745.
- ISBN 9781400855322.
References
- Cassius Dio, Roman History [1]
- Gardner, J.F.; Family and familia in Roman law and life (Oxford University Press, 1998) ISBN 978-0-19-815217-0
- Syme, Ronald; Augustan Aristocracy (Oxford University Press, 1989). ISBN 978-0-19-814731-2
- Suetonius, Life of Claudius [2] [3]
- Weinrib, E.J.; 'The Family Connections of M. Livius Drusus Libo', Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, 72 (1968), pp. 247–278.