Lucius Scribonius Libo

Lucius Scribonius Libo was a tribune of the plebs in 216 BC, during the Second Punic War. A question arose pertaining to the ransoming of Roman captives; he referred the matter to the Senate.Livy 22.61.7. He was one of the three men appointed triumviri mensarii, a commission created by a Lex Minucia, possibly to deal with a shortage of silver;Livy 23.21.6. the full range of their financial activities is unclear.See discussion by Rachel Feig Vishnia, State, Society, and Popular Leaders in Mid-Republican Rome, 241-167 B.C. (Routledge, 1996), p. 86ff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=RfusyDBQBYAC&dq=%22triumviri+mensarii%22&pg=PA86 online.] He was praetor peregrinus in 204 and sent to Cisalpine Gaul.T.R.S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic (New York: American Philological Association, 1951, 1986 printing), vol. 1, pp. 249, 306, and vol. 2 (1952), p. 614.

Lucius Scribonius Libo was tribune of the plebs in 149 BC. He accused Servius Sulpicius Galba for the outrages against the Lusitanians he committed during his governorship. He might have been the Scribonius who consecrated the Puteal Scribonianum often mentioned by ancient writers, which was located in the forum close to the Arcus Fabianus. It was called Puteal as it was opened at the top, like a well. Years later it would be repaired and dedicated by another Libo, praetor of 80 BC.T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol III, pgs. 185-186

Lucius Scribonius Libo (fl. 1st century BC) was praetor urbanus in 80 BC.T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol III, pg. 185

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Scribonius was triumvir monetalis in 62 BC. The denarii he minted feature the Puteal Scribonianum and the head of Bonus Eventus, probably to celebrate the repression of Catilina's Conspiracy.T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol III, pg. 186

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Lucius Scribonius Libo (fl. 1st century BC) was the son of the above, and possibly the elder brother or half-brother of Scribonia, first wife of Augustus. His wife was a member of the gens Sulpicia.

When the civil war broke in 49 BC he sided with Pompey and was in command of Etruria. Afterward he accompanied Pompey to Greece. Following the death of Bibulus he was given command of the Pompeian fleet. During the civil wars that occurred after the assassination of Julius Caesar, he sided with his son-in-law Sextus Pompey who married his daughter Scribonia. In 40 BC Octavian, married his sister. He had his only natural child through the marriage, Julia. After this marriage a peace was made between the Triumvirs (second triumvirate) and Sextus with the Pact of Misenum in 39 BC. After the war was renewed in 36 BC, Scribonius felt the cause was lost and abandoned Sextus.

In 34 BC he was consul with Mark Antony.

Lucius Scribonius Libo (died 16) was a consul in 16. This nobleman was brother of Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus, who was accused of planning to revolt against the Roman emperor Tiberius, who also charged Libo in planning a revolt against the emperor and stabbed him to death in 16. They were likely the sons or paternal grandsons of Marcus Livius Drusus Libo (adopted brother of empress Livia).{{Cite book |title=Fathers and Daughters in Roman Society: Women and the Elite Family |last=Hallett |first=Judith P. |author-link=Judith P. Hallett |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4008-5532-2 |pages=159 |series=Princeton Legacy Library |volume=682}} It is possible that he was Marcus Livius' nephew who was adopted.{{Cite book|title=The Republic in Danger: Drusus Libo and the Succession of Tiberius|last=Pettinger|first=Andrew|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|isbn=9780199601745 |pp=222–233}}

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• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080422093545/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1887.html Additional information about various members of the Scribonius Libo, pages 779-780 Dictionary of Greece and Roman Biography and Mythology]}}
• [http://www.forumancientcoins.com/historia/roman_1.htm Images of the coins issued by L.S. Libo in 62 BC]

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