Marcus Annius Flavius Libo was a Roman

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...

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 came from

Hispania Baetica Hispania Baetica, often abbreviated Baetica, was one of three Roman provinces created in Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) in 27 BC. Baetica was bordered to the west by Lusitania, and to the northeast by Tarraconensis. Baetica remained one of ...

. His grandfather was

Marcus Annius Libo 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, consul III in 126, and Rupilia Faustina. Annius Verus was Spanish o ...

, who was made

suffect consul The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspire ...

in 161 and was ''legatus'' of Syria and may have been poisoned, possibly by his cousin,

Lucius Verus Lucius Aurelius Verus (; 15 December 130 – 23 January 169) was Roman emperor from 161 until his death in 169, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Verus' succession together with Ma ...

. Libo was related to Lucius Verus through their mutual ancestor,

Marcus Annius Verus Marcus Annius Verus may refer to: * Marcus Annius Verus (grandfather of Marcus Aurelius) * Marcus Annius Verus (father of Marcus Aurelius) * Marcus Annius Verus, emperor as Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( ; ; 26 April 121 – ...

, who was consul three times, and by marriage to

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, who married his grandfather's sister.

Career

His career began under the reign of

Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( ; ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors ...

when he held some form of public honor in 179. Following the assassinations of

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Pertinax Publius Helvius Pertinax ( ; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193. He succeeded Commodus to become the first emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors. Born to the son of a freed sl ...

, and

Didius Julianus Marcus Didius Julianus (; 29 January 133 – 2 June 193) was Roman emperor from March to June 193, during the Year of the Five Emperors. Julianus had a promising political career, governing several provinces, including Dalmatia (Roman province) ...

in 192 and 193 respectively, his family likely aligned with the interests of Septimius Severus. This emperor subsequently appointed him as consul ordinarius in 204.M. Annius Flavius Libo (in Latin)

References

*''Prosopographia Imperii Romani'', A 648 Senators of the Roman Empire 3rd-century Roman consuls Romans from Hispania 2nd-century births 3rd-century deaths Libo, Marcus Flavius Flavii {{AncientRome-politician-stub