Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SCRI2518 L. Scribonius (20) L. f. Libo

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • 90?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 43, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Hinard 43 no. 117

Relationships

son of
? Sentia (15) (married to L. Scribonius (19) Libo (pr.? 80)) (DPRR Team)
L. Scribonius (19) Libo (pr.? 80) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Suet. Gramm. 19

brother of
Scribonia (32) (daughter of L. Scribonius (19) Libo (pr.? 80)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Sen. ep. 70.10

father of
M. Livius (20) Drusus Libo (son of L. Scribonius (20) L. f. Libo (cos. 34)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Sen. ep. 70.10

Scribonia (31) (daughter of L. Scribonius (20) L. f. Libo (cos. 34)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

App. b.c. V 69 (290), Dio XLVIII 16.3

Career

  • Monetalis? 62 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. 34. Monetalis. In MRR 2.451, and Index, 614, refer also to[186x] Crawford, RRC 1.441-442, no. 416, 62 B.C. Crawford admits the possibility that the monetalis was the consul of 34, but prefers to attribute the office to his father (ILS 8892ILLRP 411, 567, 568). Libo (and Hypsaeus) may have been senators in 56 (Fam. 1.1.3), but there is no evidence about their tribunates (Shackleton Bailey, CLF 1.296 on Fam. 1.1.3). The date of Libo's praetorship remains uncertain. He held, as Münzer points out, important commands in the Pompeian forces in 49 and 48 (MRR 2.269 and 282), but probably as a legatus. In 39 he was listed fourth in the commission in the SC de Aphrodisiensibus (Reynolds, Aphrodisias and Rome 68), although designation for the consulate might explain placing Asprenas, Cos. 36, ahead of him. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Praetor before 49 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Münzer supposes that he attained the praetorship before 49 because of his later appointments in the Pompeian forces; but he appears to have been a Legate only. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 34. Monetalis. In MRR 2.451, and Index, 614, refer also to[186x] Crawford, RRC 1.441-442, no. 416, 62 B.C. Crawford admits the possibility that the monetalis was the consul of 34, but prefers to attribute the office to his father (ILS 8892ILLRP 411, 567, 568). Libo (and Hypsaeus) may have been senators in 56 (Fam. 1.1.3), but there is no evidence about their tribunates (Shackleton Bailey, CLF 1.296 on Fam. 1.1.3). The date of Libo's praetorship remains uncertain. He held, as Münzer points out, important commands in the Pompeian forces in 49 and 48 (MRR 2.269 and 282), but probably as a legatus. In 39 he was listed fourth in the commission in the SC de Aphrodisiensibus (Reynolds, Aphrodisias and Rome 68), although designation for the consulate might explain placing Asprenas, Cos. 36, ahead of him. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 750, footnote 343 (Brennan 2000)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 49 Italia, Illyricum (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • A Legate of Pompey (Flor. 2.13.31, who confuses him with M. Octavius, see above). When driven from Etruria by M. Antonius (Lucan 2.462; Flor. 2.13.19; cf. Caes. BC 1.11.4), he took command over recruits in Campania from Ampius Balbus (Cic. Att. 7.12.2; 8.11B.2), and followed Pompey to Brundisium, where Caesar unsuccessfully attempted to have him act as a mediator (Caes. BC 1.26.3-5). In command of a fleet in the Adriatic, along with M. Octavius, he defeated Dolabella, and captured C. Antonius in Illyricum (Caes. BC 3.5.3, and 8.4; Lucan 4.433, and Schol. Bern. p. 135 Usener; Flor. 2.13.31; Dio 41.40.1; Oros. 6.15.8-9; see above, on C. Antonius, and M. Octavius). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 34. Monetalis. In MRR 2.451, and Index, 614, refer also to[186x] Crawford, RRC 1.441-442, no. 416, 62 B.C. Crawford admits the possibility that the monetalis was the consul of 34, but prefers to attribute the office to his father (ILS 8892ILLRP 411, 567, 568). Libo (and Hypsaeus) may have been senators in 56 (Fam. 1.1.3), but there is no evidence about their tribunates (Shackleton Bailey, CLF 1.296 on Fam. 1.1.3). The date of Libo's praetorship remains uncertain. He held, as Münzer points out, important commands in the Pompeian forces in 49 and 48 (MRR 2.269 and 282), but probably as a legatus. In 39 he was listed fourth in the commission in the SC de Aphrodisiensibus (Reynolds, Aphrodisias and Rome 68), although designation for the consulate might explain placing Asprenas, Cos. 36, ahead of him. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 48 Macedonia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate of Pompey (see 49, Legates). He attempted to carry on negotiations with Caesar at Oricum (Caes. BC 3.15-18). After Bibulus' death, he became the chief officer in Pompey's fleet (Dio 41.48.1), and attempted unsuccessfully to block Mark Antony at Brundisium (Caes. BC 3.23-24; Plut. Ant. 7; Dio 41.48.1-4). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 34. Monetalis. In MRR 2.451, and Index, 614, refer also to[186x] Crawford, RRC 1.441-442, no. 416, 62 B.C. Crawford admits the possibility that the monetalis was the consul of 34, but prefers to attribute the office to his father (ILS 8892ILLRP 411, 567, 568). Libo (and Hypsaeus) may have been senators in 56 (Fam. 1.1.3), but there is no evidence about their tribunates (Shackleton Bailey, CLF 1.296 on Fam. 1.1.3). The date of Libo's praetorship remains uncertain. He held, as Münzer points out, important commands in the Pompeian forces in 49 and 48 (MRR 2.269 and 282), but probably as a legatus. In 39 he was listed fourth in the commission in the SC de Aphrodisiensibus (Reynolds, Aphrodisias and Rome 68), although designation for the consulate might explain placing Asprenas, Cos. 36, ahead of him. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 40 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Unofficial Envoys from Sextus Pompey to Antony in Greece in the summer of 40 (App. BC 5.52). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Epulo? 39 to after 31 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • A probable member of this college of priests about 31 B. C. In a number of instances the exact date when a priest became a member of his college is not known, and the conjecture is based on evidence of seniority such as the date of the consulship or some other office. The list of the Quindecimviri is based on Miss Hoffman's observation that the names listed in connection with the Saecular Games in 17 B. C. are arranged in the order of entrance into the college (see AJPh 73 [19521289-294). The names given below are drawn from Miss Hoffman's dissertation, The Membership of the Four Major Colleges of Priests from 44 B. C. to 37 A. D. (Bryn Mawr, 1951, available in microfilm). (Broughton MRR II)
    • See CIL 14.2502, which may refer to the Consul of 16 A. D. A patrician after 29. See PIR 3.184, no. 210; De Laet no. 326. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 35 (DPRR Team) Expand
    • App. BC 5.139. Named alongside C. Fannius, Cassius Parmensis, Q. Nasidius, Saturninus, Thermus, and Antistius as a senior and longstanding associate of Sextus Pompey, all in the East in 35. Following Sextus' downfall, all surrender to Antony. (DPRR Team)
  • Consul 34 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 8.22640,2; 15.4606; Fast. Ven., Degrassi 250f., 254f.; Fast. Mag. Vic., ibid. 283, 288, cf. 136, 508f.; Dio 49, Index; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod. See PIR 3.184, no. 210; De Laet no. 326. (Broughton MRR II)

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