Marcus Annius Libo was a

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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, consul III in 126, and

Rupilia Faustina Marcus Annius Verus ( 50 – 138 AD) was the paternal grandfather and adoptive father of the Ancient Rome, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, and father-in-law of emperor Antoninus Pius. Biography Verus was the son of an elder Marcus Annius Verus, who ...

. Annius Verus was

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descent. Rupilia was the daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo Rupilius Frugi Bonus and Vitellia (daughter of emperor

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). Libo is known to have had three siblings, two sisters and one brother. His elder sister was the Empress

Faustina the Elder Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder, sometimes referred to as Faustina I or Faustina Major (born on February 16 around 100; died in October or November of 140), was a Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. The emperor Marcus ...

(mother of the Empress

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) and his younger sister (whose name is missing, but surmised to be ''Annia'') was the wife of Gaius Ummidius Quadratus Sertorius Severus, suffect consul in 118. His brother was Marcus Annius Verus, the father of Marcus Aurelius. He was

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in 128 as the colleague of

Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas (fl. 1st century – 2nd century AD) was a Roman senator who achieved the office of '' consul ordinarius'' twice, first under Domitian and later under Hadrian. Biography Torquatus Asprenas was the son o ...

. Libo was the paternal uncle of the

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Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Latin: áːɾkus̠ auɾέːli.us̠ antɔ́ːni.us̠ English: ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good E ...

. Beyond his consulship, almost nothing is known of his senatorial career. During the reign of his brother-in-law,

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, he was one of seven witnesses to a

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issued to the city of

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in 138, which sought approval for establishing a ''corpus juvenum'' for the education of young men.

Family

Libo married a noblewoman whose name has been surmised as Fundania, daughter of

Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus was a Roman senator active in the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. Biography Early life Lamia Aelianus was possibly the son of the empress Domitia Longina and Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus or their maternal ...

, consul in 116, and wife Rupilia Annia.Birley, ''Marcus Aurelius'', p. 236 They are known to have together two children: * Marcus Annius Libo, suffect consul in 161. He is known to have a son,

Marcus Annius Flavius Libo Marcus Annius Flavius Libo was a Roman Senator who lived in the second half of the 2nd century and first half of the 3rd century. He was '' consul ordinarius'' in AD 204 with Lucius Fabius Cilo as his senior colleague. Libo was a Patrician and ...

. *

Annia Fundania Faustina Annia Fundania Faustina (died 192) was a noble Roman woman who lived in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century AD. She was the paternal cousin of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his sister Annia Cornificia Faustina. Life Fundania Faustina was t ...

, wife of Titus Pomponius Proculus Vitrasius Pollio, consul II in 176

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