Several men of

plebeian In ancient Rome, the plebeians or plebs were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners". Both classes were hereditary. Etymology The precise origins of the gro ...

status were named Lucius Scribonius Libo during the

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and

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; they were members of the ''

gens In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; : gentes ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same ''nomen gentilicium'' and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens, sometimes identified by a distinct cognomen, was cal ...

'' Scribonia.

L. Scribonius Libo (praetor 204 BC)

Lucius Scribonius Libo was a

tribune of the plebs Tribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune () was the first office of the Roman Republic, Roman state that was open to the plebs, plebeians, and was, throughout the history of the Republic, the most important check on the pow ...

in 216 BC, during the

Second Punic War The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of Punic Wars, three wars fought between Ancient Carthage, Carthage and Roman Republic, Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For ...

. A question arose pertaining to the ransoming of Roman captives; he referred the matter to the

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. 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; the full range of their financial activities is unclear. He was ''

praetor peregrinus ''Praetor'' ( , ), also ''pretor'', was the title granted by the government of ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected ''magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to discha ...

'' in 204 and sent to

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L. Scribonius Libo (tribune 149 BC)

Lucius Scribonius Libo was

in 149 BC. He accused

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for the outrages against the

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he committed during his governorship. He might have been the Scribonius who consecrated the

Puteal Scribonianum The ''Puteal Scribonianum'' (Scribonian ''Puteal'') or ''Puteal Libonis'' (''Puteal'' of Libo) was a structure in the Forum Romanum in Ancient Rome. p. 434 A puteal was a classical wellhead, round or sometimes square, placed atop a well opening t ...

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.

L. Scribonius Libo (praetor 80 BC)

Lucius Scribonius Libo (fl. 1st century BC) was

praetor urbanus ''Praetor'' ( , ), also ''pretor'', was the Title#Titles for heads of state, title granted by the government of ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected ''Roman magistr ...

in 80 BC.

L. Scribonius Libo (''triumvir monetalis'' 62 BC)

Scribonius was ''

triumvir monetalis The ''triumvir monetalis'' ( ''tresviri'' or ''triumviri monetales'', also called the , abbreviated IIIVIR A. A. A. F. F.) was a moneyer during the Roman Republic and the Empire, who oversaw the minting of coins. In that role, he would be respon ...

'' in 62 BC. The

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he minted feature the

and the head of

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, probably to celebrate the repression of '' Catilina's Conspiracy''.

L. Scribonius Libo (consul 34 BC)

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 Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (), was the founder of the Roman Empire, who reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in A ...

. His wife was a member of the

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. When the civil war broke in 49 BC he sided with

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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

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, he sided with his son-in-law

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who married his daughter Scribonia. In 40 BC

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, married his sister. He had his only natural child through the marriage,

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. After this marriage a peace was made between the Triumvirs (

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) and Sextus with the

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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

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L. Scribonius Libo (consul 16)

Lucius Scribonius Libo (died 16) was a consul in 16. This nobleman was brother of

Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus (died 13 September 16) was a Roman accused of treason against the emperor Tiberius. Biography Early life He was likely the son or paternal grandson of Marcus Livius Drusus Libo (adopted brother of empress Livia). It ...

, who was accused of planning to revolt against the Roman emperor

Tiberius Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus ( ; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was Roman emperor from AD 14 until 37. He succeeded his stepfather Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC to Roman politician Tiberius Cl ...

, 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 Marcus Livius Drusus Libo was an ancient Roman consul of the early Roman Empire. He was the son of Lucius Scribonius Libo and adopted brother of the empress Livia. His natural paternal aunt was Scribonia, the second wife of Augustus, as a conse ...

(adopted brother of empress

Livia Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC AD 29) was List of Roman and Byzantine empresses, Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal Adoption ...

). It is possible that he was Marcus Livius' nephew who was adopted.

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Images of the coins issued by L.S. Libo in 62 BC
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